The Queen of the South, suspected leader of a gang of pipeline thieves, drug dealers and murderers, was captured this week in Puebla.
Liliana Hernández Carlos has been linked to the gruesome discovery last week of human remains that had been eaten by dogs and the executions of a man and of a 12-year-old girl in the city of Puebla. The girl had been shot five times.
In the case of the first murder, a message was left at the scene: “This is so you learn not to interfere with the Queen of the South.”
Four men who were with Hernández were also arrested.
Hernández’s star rose last year after the death of Jesús Martín “Kalimba” Mirón López in October.
Mirón was wanted by security forces but was killed in an internal Jalisco New Generation Cartel quarrel. At the time of his assassination in Puebla he was recovering from surgery that had altered his face and removed his fingerprints.
The power vacuum was soon filled by Hernández who allegedly took over fuel theft in the municipality of Santa María Xonacatepec.
State authorities said she controlled retail drug sales in the southern part of the city of Puebla, which supposedly led to her adopting her nickname, a reference to the principal character in a book and television crime drama series of the same name.
Source: Sipse (sp), Infobae (sp)
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Politicians and civil society leaders took aim at the president after he said that his government looks after soldiers but also criminals.
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The United States will issue a total of 300,000 temporary work visas to Mexicans, migrants and Central Americans, Mexican leaders announced.
One person died and another was seriously injured after a group tried to climb to the top of the Popocatépetl volcano on Wednesday.
For a ninth consecutive session, the central bank has lifted interest rates, this time by a record-setting 75 basis points.
The municipal council voted to change the name to Nuevo Nayarit this week, but some locals criticized a lack of consultation.
Active coronavirus cases have almost tripled in the last two weeks as Mexico’s fifth wave of infections continues to worsen.
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Scientist Benjamín Morales and manatee Daniel’s story shows how recognizing wildlife’s sentience is key to saving them from extinction.
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The Maya site isn’t as famous as others on the Yucatán, but its stunning artifacts — some featuring original paint — make it worth a visit.
Janet Blaser shows how substituting milder shallots in recipes calling for onions will have you singing their praises in The Tropical Table.
Whisky makers here are using the nation’s abundant varieties of corn to make their versions of the alcoholic beverage like no one else’s.
The general mood in Latin America is that the U.S. should not waste its time interfering south of its border.
Sarah DeVries reflects on how humans would rather believe someone is pulling all the strings in their lives than know that no one is at all.
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