- Picture found @: New York Post
"An alleged drug queen and her gang - who have ties to El Chapo's Sinaloa cartel - are believed to be responsible in part for the surge in violence that has ravaged Cancun over the past year, according to a report.
Leticia Rodriquez Lara - who goes by "Dona Lety" and "La 40" - and her alleged gunrunners have wrested control of narcotics sales in the tourist hotspot and nearby resort Playa del Carmen from rival cartel Los Zetas following a murderous turf war, Nine News Australia reported Wednesday.
The murder rate has doubled in a year, with 113 people killed so far in 2018.
The opioid crisis is the US has also had an indirect role in the staggering stats.
And the cartels, such as Lara's, have also been extorting local bar and restaurant owners for large amounts of cash, Nine News said.
Lara was a former federal police officer before she became one of the only women in Mexico to run her own drug gang. . . ."
~ Read entire article @: New York Post
*All it takes is a year to double crime, whether it is murder, rape, robbery, . . . when you infiltrate towns, cities, states and a country with individuals like this. ONLY a YEAR!
