Mexico

Mexican drug Baroness Clara Elena laband into focus

On the list of the most wanted criminals in the country, this woman. First, she had replaced her husband at the head of a notorious cartel. Now she follows her husband again – to jail.

Clara Elena laband into after her arrest

The police have, the alleged leader of the Mexican drug cartel Beltrán taken Leyva. Clara Elena laband into had been made in the city of Hermosillo in the state of Sonora in the North-West of the country, said the chief investigator of the Federal police, Omar García Harfuch.

The Suspect, according to authorities, the wife of former cartel leaders Héctor Beltrán Leyva, who was arrested two years ago. The 52-Year-old is one of the main responsible for the recent wave of violence in the seaside resort of Acapulco, it said. She was on the list of the most wanted criminals in Mexico.

Offshoot of the Sinaloa cartel

The crime syndicate Beltrán Leyva is a splinter group of the Sinaloa cartel. The group recently had to deal with some setbacks. It is involved in the drug trade, extortion and kidnappings. In Acapulco, she fights with other gangs for supremacy.

jj/ust (dpa, afp)