En este video, exploramos el **papel de la mujer en los cárteles de drogas** en México, analizando cómo han pasado de ser simples novias de narcotraficantes a figuras clave en el **tráfico de drogas**. Las **mujeres narcos** son cada vez más visibles y utilizan su posición para ejercer influencia, despertando menos sospechas que sus contrapartes masculinas. También discutiremos el fenómeno social que rodea a las jóvenes dispuestas a relacionarse con traficantes, así como la conexión entre misses, modelos y el narcotráfico. Únete a nosotros para comprender cómo las **influencias femeninas** están redefiniendo la dinámica de poder en el mundo del narcotráfico.
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00:00Any Saturday in Culiacán, a Mexican feud of drug lords.
00:12The most beautiful girls in the place have given a date at the concert of the Tucanes
00:16de Tijuana, a well-known group of drug traffickers, that is, songs that narrate the exploits
00:22of the drug traffickers.
00:40Everyone knows the lyrics.
00:42From now on, the drug traffickers will not only talk about drug men, but also
00:47about young and beautiful girls who want their share of the cake.
00:54Drug trafficking is beginning to have glamour.
00:57The world of drug traffickers feeds the dreams of many young Mexicans.
01:02A new generation has emerged, the generation of narcas.
01:26Today, drug traffickers wear miniskirts and heel shoes, and these new recruits
01:31also have the right to their own anthems.
01:36The singers of Narcocorridos sing the exploits of drug traffickers, but above all their
01:41ability.
02:02Since 2006, the cartel war has left more than 24,000 dead.
02:07Mexico has become the Colombia of the 80s.
02:10Violence, corruption, impunity, gambling.
02:13The men of the drug are the absolute masters.
02:17The fight against drug trafficking is a priority for the government.
02:21Often bloody confrontations take place in front of the cameras.
02:26To show that it is not a waste of time, the Mexican authorities do not hesitate to exhibit
02:31their trophies, and now, as a novelty, many women appear.
02:42There are more and more young Mexicans who, attracted by easy money, fall into the networks
02:47of Mexican cartels.
02:49Drug traffickers know that women have valuable advantages for the transport of
02:53weapons or drugs.
03:07It is common for criminal organizations, both on the Mexican side and on the North American
03:12side, to recruit young girls to play the leading role.
03:18We have followed Lisa, who, at only 20 years old, already has two in jail behind her back.
03:35The cartel youths are also beautiful silicone dolls.
03:39The traffickers are crazy about them, and it is not difficult for them to seduce them.
03:44In Mexico, the men of the cartels exercise an incredible power of attraction over young
03:49people like Diana.
03:50Daughter of a rich politician, she knows perfectly well what kind of man she will marry.
03:54A politician of her level, more or less, very prestigious, or some narco.
04:01Because in reality, here those who have money are the high politicians or the narcos.
04:07Wife of, daughter of, little by little, women are occupying positions of responsibility
04:11in the narco hierarchy.
04:13In a traditionally sexist world, some have managed to emancipate themselves from men and
04:18take over criminal organizations, like this woman, known as the Queen of the Pacific.
04:31We are in the far south of California, in Calégico, a border town with the United States.
04:53In the border town of Mexicali-Calégico, what happens mainly is cocaine, to the point
04:59that the city is famous for it.
05:02Here it is said that in Calégico it snows all year round.
05:07This border post is the third most important in the United States.
05:11Here 60,000 people cross the Mexican border to the United States every day.
05:16It is a very controlled step.
05:18Many cross it on foot, but customs officers must also control the vehicles, between
05:2216,000 and 17,000 every 24 hours.
05:26In this checkpoint, the police check daily between one and four drug shipments.
05:31And for a year and a half, a third of the mules are women.
05:37In the area reserved for pedestrians, the customs officers carry out a brief preliminary check
05:42of all those who expect to pass, verification of documents, routine questions.
05:48Here the police have their strategies to detect the suspects.
05:52Can I take a look?
05:59They barely have anything on them.
06:00In general, the bags are practically empty.
06:03They usually come with an ID document and that's about it.
06:08Okay, fine.
06:10Thank you very much.
06:13Nothing out of the ordinary.
06:14At the police's discretion, the bag was too full to be suspicious.
06:19North American customs officers do not trust only their instincts.
06:23They often have pockets full of mysterious confidants who give enough details about
06:28the identity of the mules.
06:30That's what happens here.
06:31The policewoman who takes this young mother to a room for a more complete registration
06:36makes a discreet signal to warn her colleague that she has received a pocket.
06:43The interested person is still not aware of what awaits her.
06:46Without showing signs of concern, she sits quietly in the waiting room.
06:50At first glance, her behavior is not suspicious at all.
06:56Do you speak English?
07:00We are in a security area.
07:02We are going to register her, okay?
07:06The agent takes her to a room with you to register her.
07:12The confidants have identified her as a mule.
07:14Red shirt.
07:15Red shirt and square pants.
07:17Loaded.
07:18Loaded?
07:19Yes, and the guy who was with her.
07:20And the guy?
07:21The police take a while to understand the situation.
07:25Let them know.
07:26Red shirt.
07:27The police have just given a warning for a red shirt.
07:31The young woman had an accomplice who has passed without raising suspicions.
07:37The customs officers run outside in the hope of locating him.
07:47Stop him.
07:48At a short distance from the border post, the agents stop under the arcades the guy
07:55in the red shirt.
07:56Is it him?
07:57Yes, it must be him.
07:58Put the handcuffs on him.
07:59Yes, handcuff him.
08:00And above all, don't let him escape, please.
08:02The young man does not offer resistance, nor does he seem surprised.
08:14Let them put the handcuffs on him and take him back to the border post.
08:21After being the victim of a slap, the young mother has denounced in turn.
08:28Now they take his accomplice to a room with you, where he will be naked and subject to
08:33a full registration.
08:36I almost sent it to you.
08:37My God.
08:40The man who just came in was in the queue in front of the baby's woman.
08:44It caught my attention because he seemed a little nervous and shaking.
08:49I asked him if he brought anything from Mexico and he said no.
08:54Then I asked him what he was carrying in his pockets.
08:57I wasn't very convinced, but I had nothing against him, so I let it pass.
09:02The young woman was following him.
09:04We took her to the interrogation room.
09:07There, the agent asked him if he brought anything from Mexico and he did not answer.
09:12The police asked him again and then asked him if he was carrying something hidden
09:17in his body and he said yes.
09:19He doesn't want to be recorded.
09:20Okay, please.
09:22Our camera is no longer welcome.
09:24The young woman has gone from being suspicious to being guilty.
09:27They have discovered a kilo and a half of cocaine in her.
09:32We return to Culiacán, the Mexican capital of drug trafficking.
09:37In this city of Sinaloa, of 700,000 inhabitants, almost 70% of the population lives from the
09:42economy generated by drug trafficking.
09:45No one makes any effort to hide it.
09:48In this region, drug trafficking is a religion and, precisely today, a great
09:53celebration.
09:54Thousands of faithful, both large and small, have come to venerate Jesus Malverde, a kind
09:59of Robin of the Woods, who died at the beginning of the last century.
10:03The drug traffickers have turned him into their patron saint.
10:06According to legend, Jesus Malverde saved the son of a drug lord from a safe death.
10:12Since then, before undertaking delicate operations, drug traffickers from all over the country
10:17come to make offerings and ask for their protection to this chapel built in his honor.
10:22Today, on the day of the 101st anniversary of the death of Malverde, a generous donor
10:27makes an offer that does not go unnoticed, this elegant car.
10:34This man with a tough look, a Tejano hat and obvious money samples is very well known
10:40around here.
10:41Do you know who the car belongs to?
10:46The young woman who is interested in her owner is called Maria.
10:50It is what they call a guchona around here, a girl from the drug lords.
10:54Basically, she only goes out with drug traffickers and when it comes to fishing for a fat fish,
10:59she becomes a formidable detective.
11:01Is he one of the founders of the chapel?
11:06His neighbor points the finger at the owner of the car and Maria continues her little
11:11investigation.
11:12And the guy who drove the car, who is he?
11:18His son?
11:19No, a friend.
11:20A friend of the owner?
11:27The young woman begins her persecution, she has seen the owner of the car enter the chapel
11:32and does not hesitate to go after him.
11:35Maria waits for the right moment, waits for the man to finish his prayers and intercepts
11:41her at the door.
11:43Excuse me, can we ask you a few questions?
11:48They told me that you were the one who donated the car, or is it a close relative, or is it
12:00just a friend of Malverde, or of those who founded the chapel?
12:07The efforts of Maria have paid off, she has had a conversation with him.
12:38I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know,
12:52I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't
13:02know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know,
13:09I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know ...
13:11Maria is convinced that she has won the big prize, does not lose the smile of her lips,
13:16and outside the camera, the enigmatic benefactor agrees to give her his phone number.
13:21It is a totally Mexican peculiarity.
13:25In this country, in the eyes of many young people, the Prince Blue can be a drug trafficker.
13:31They are willing to do anything to seduce what they call a capo, a boss in the cartels.
13:43And for the drug traffickers to focus on them, there are some activities that are especially recommended, such as being a model.
13:49Juan Manuel Alvarado is a kind of local beauty contest organizer.
13:57Every year, he prepares dozens of young people and turns them into ideal candidates for beauty contests.
14:05Today, his pupils rehearse their speeches for the Miss Universe election.
14:12Hello, good evening. My name is Maraeta, and I am from Galvez.
14:17I come from a country of ancient cultures.
14:19Open, and a big smile. Thank you.
14:27Juan Manuel is very proud of his girls, and he is a bit of a hen.
14:31He has assured us that he puts them on guard against the drug traffickers.
14:35They are very young. She, for example, is 16 years old.
14:42She arrived at 15.
14:4616 years old.
14:48Aren't you afraid of the drug traffickers?
14:52Well, yes and no.
14:54Why?
14:56Yes, because it's dangerous, and no, because in a certain way we are already imposed.
15:01That's part of it.
15:03Has any drug trafficker tried to hook you up?
15:07Well, regardless of that, it's up to you.
15:11If you give them a chance, you choose with whom, you know, if they want something good for you.
15:20The young woman is prudent.
15:22She is a bit shy, but in Mexico it's no secret that most of the models and models date drug traffickers.
15:29And sometimes those passionate loves lead them to the front pages of the newspapers.
15:51In 2008, Miss Sinaloa was at the center of the national chronicle.
16:00In my participation in this program, I learned the honesty that is very important for everyone.
16:09The same that praised the honesty in front of the members of the jury of Miss Mexico
16:15was arrested along with a group of seven men, a shipment of weapons and 53,000 dollars in cash.
16:21In the end, due to lack of evidence, she will be released, but she will lose the throne.
16:27In Mexico, queens of beauty and drug traffickers are closely linked.
16:31According to our information, even the contests are manipulated by the cartels that make their dolls win.
16:38We have contacted Laura Elena Zúñiga on numerous occasions, but she has refused to talk to us.
16:44Reserve your confidences for a book.
16:47A young model agrees to tell us a little more about the implications of the cartels in the beauty contests.
16:54Alexia is 18 years old and has been a model for two years.
17:25Well, that we are with him, or have more intimate things, a safe couple.
17:41Alexia studies first year of communication at the university and lives with her parents and her little sister.
17:49In his youth, his mother was also a model.
17:54The Carrizales are a modest Mexican family, but very proud of their principles.
18:08Alexia's father specially watches the companies his daughter attends.
18:13He always knows where he is and with whom.
18:15For him, it is essential to make young people understand that the life of a drug trafficker has nothing to do with fairytales.
18:21The defense we have is nothing more than to speak, speak, speak, and not to be confused.
18:31Because, ah, a very nice truck, ah, a very nice dress, ah, a lot of money.
18:41Because, really, that does not lead to anything good.
18:44Well, maybe you can enjoy an amount of money, a luxury, a moment.
18:50And after that moment, what is going to happen?
18:53Where is it going to take us? What misfortune is it going to take us?
18:56The security of life, the security of freedom.
19:03Alexia follows her father's advice to the letter.
19:06She goes out with boys, but scrupulously avoids everything close or distant from drug trafficking.
19:13However, she recognizes that most of her friends are much less observant.
19:20Why would your friends like so much to have a boyfriend who is a drug trafficker?
19:25For the interest of money.
19:27To know that it feels like having good luxuries, cars.
19:32Or instead of looking, they sponsor operations.
19:37And sometimes they can also work sending drugs to other countries, I don't know.
19:41They use them.
19:45In Mexico, there are more and more young people willing to do anything to get in touch with a drug trafficker.
19:50And even to be a miller.
19:52It is becoming a social phenomenon.
19:55That is why the Mexican government launched, in mid-2010,
19:59a wide awareness campaign aimed at young people.
20:03Especially with these posters.
20:07Love can be expensive.
20:09A shocking slogan to put on guard an entire threatened generation.
20:16The US government has also launched a prevention campaign in the school districts of its country.
20:22Because the Mexican cartels recruit more and more adepts on the other side of the border.
20:27Among Latin American gangs.
20:32We continue our investigation on the other side of the border.
20:36In Los Angeles, California.
20:38A city where there are 1,350 gangs that are distributed in the streets.
20:44We are in the West Lake area.
20:46Mexican neighborhood par excellence.
20:48At first glance it seems a quiet place.
20:51However, it is totally in the hands of the gangs.
20:54One of the most powerful is called Calle 18.
20:57Founded in 1959 by Mexicans.
21:00Now it has between 8,000 and 20,000 members in the city.
21:04Of which several thousand are young girls of Mexican origin.
21:10Lisa, Betty, Tiny and Babs belong to the gang of Calle 18.
21:22Yes, he deserved it.
21:24As every afternoon after class, they are left to go out in a gang.
21:29Why did you get into a gang?
21:32Because I didn't have a father figure and the guys in the neighborhood have always been, for me, more parents than mine ever was.
21:39I've always wanted to be part of a gang.
21:42I was born to be a gang member.
21:45Get out of there and fuck you if you're not from this disgusting neighborhood.
21:50Of immigrant parents, all the girls in the gang belong to modest families in the neighborhood.
21:56In the afternoons, the young people talk about drugs, revenge, death, but also about makeup and love adventures.
22:02To be part of the gang, you have to be tough.
22:05The Benjamina of the Babs group has only been in the gang for a few months, but she has already integrated the codes of the gang.
22:12I saw one of mine shoot.
22:15How they put a bullet in his body.
22:18I was stunned, but love is shit.
22:22Fuck all the bullshit.
22:25All that is worthless, believe me.
22:28How old are you?
22:29Thirteen years old.
22:34Eighteen years old is having a good time.
22:37Eighteen.
22:39Nothing but the best.
22:41What else do you want me to tell you?
22:44Tell me, what do you want from the future?
22:47Nothing, I just want to stay in the gang.
22:49I want to live for the 18th, beat our enemies, kill them, and send everything else to shit.
22:55Have you ever hurt someone?
22:58Of course, I've never hit anyone in the face, and it's been a blast.
23:05What Babs still doesn't know is that a few days later she will be the one who gets hit in the face.
23:12Life in the gang is not just afternoons with friends.
23:16In fact, a few hours after our date, Betty was arrested for robbery.
23:21Being integrated in a gang is always synonymous with crime, illegal activities, and the girls are no exception.
23:28The next day, in a discreet parking lot, we meet again with Lisa, the group leader.
23:34At 20 years old, she just got out of jail.
23:37Two years in jail for robbery.
23:39Lisa is still on parole, but that doesn't stop her from selling drugs discreetly in the neighborhood.
23:46I don't have change.
23:48Come on, give me a little more.
23:52You're hallucinating.
23:53Come on, a little more.
23:54You're delirious, man. It's five bucks.
23:59Right here, the bag that sells the most is crack.
24:01This is CC and crystal.
24:03This is crack.
24:05Six for 20 bucks.
24:06Six for 20 bucks.
24:07It's a very profitable business.
24:10On a good day, Lisa can raise up to $1,800, but she's just an intermediary, a worker.
24:17She doesn't work directly for the Mexican cartels, but for one of their numerous intermediaries,
24:23the one who supplies the gang with drugs.
24:27I don't pay for it.
24:28I go, I grab it, and then the person that gives it to me, I don't pay.
24:33I gotta give it to him, whatever he decides to give to me, that's what he gives to me.
24:38I sell for one of the homies, and he gives me a better percentage than I give him out of what I make.
24:49We leave Lisa with her activities and come back a few hours later.
24:53The meeting of friends has degenerated in an unthinkable way.
24:57The girl they're beating up is the young Babs, the only 13-year-old Benjamina of the group.
25:08What's wrong with that gang? Hit them hard.
25:12Contrary to what one might think, the attackers are not part of a rival gang.
25:17Don't even think about answering.
25:19In fact, they're her friends, her classmates from the street 18 gang,
25:23the ones who are beating her up.
25:26I'm not part of the other gang.
25:28That's enough.
25:30It's the truth. I hallucinate with this story.
25:36The girls accuse Babs of being in contact with an enemy gang, the Temple,
25:41an act of high treason that demands a severe punishment for the 18-year-old gang.
25:46I'm not part of the Temple.
25:48I'm not part of the Temple.
25:58I'm not part of the Temple.
26:05I'm not part of the Temple.
26:08Leave me alone.
26:10I'm not part of the Temple.
26:12Shut up.
26:18The beatings are frequent among the members of the 18 gang.
26:22Babs already suffered a similar punishment during her integration a few months ago.
26:26Like all the girls in the gang, she could choose between receiving a beating
26:31or being raped by 10 men in the gang.
26:34What happened to her?
26:36The gang is a kind of terror regime.
26:39She seeks protection and continues in it out of fear.
26:42And today the teenager has been very afraid.
26:45Her clothes show the signs of her fear.
26:48Don't you have a little water or something to wash my face?
26:51Are you losing your mind or what?
26:53But how do you want me to clean my face?
26:55Tell me.
26:57What for? You're not part of the gang anymore.
27:00Find out.
27:02I've never been with them. I'm not one of them.
27:04Do you want me to drag you out of here?
27:07Come on, get out of here.
27:09But I've never been with them, I swear.
27:12Shut up. Get out of here right now.
27:18Get out, get out.
27:20Do you want me to drag you out of here?
27:23Come on, get out of here.
27:25Get out.
27:27We told you to get out. Get out.
27:29Get out before I beat you up.
27:33I told you. I hate the Templars.
27:36I don't want to see you around here again.
27:39Joining a gang means giving up all humanity.
27:43Today's friends can be tomorrow's enemies.
27:46There's no place for feelings.
27:48You have to be ruthless, be willing to do anything for the group.
27:55We had to give her a beating because we found out that she was a terrorist.
28:00We had to give her a beating because we found out that she was a terrorist.
28:04Lisa is talking on the phone with a guy from the gang.
28:07She has to confess.
28:09What?
28:11I know she did it.
28:15I know what we've done, but that bitch, she's a future Templar.
28:19That's who she was before she was an 18-year-old, but now she's a future 18-year-old.
28:25Yeah, it's true.
28:27You're the one who got mad, but I can also get mad.
28:37What did he say?
28:38That he was going to beat her up too.
28:42She peed on herself.
28:44No, she fell in a puddle of water.
28:46No, no, she peed on herself.
28:49Really?
28:51That is so embarrassing.
28:57The next day, we meet up with Lisa at the studio she shares with a friend.
29:02What are you getting ready for?
29:04I'm going to a nightclub.
29:07Tonight, Lisa forgets about the gang to go out and have fun,
29:11but the make-up session lasts forever because she has to hide a purple eye.
29:20What happened to your eye?
29:24What happened to your eye?
29:27Oh, I fell.
29:30No, I just hit a door.
29:34With who did you fight?
29:37Oh, with some guy.
29:40It's not very important. We just fought, and that's it.
29:45Lisa doesn't want to give many explanations.
29:49She's evasive because she's not proud.
29:52In fact, it was little Babs, the receptionist,
29:55who went to get revenge and left her a purple eye.
30:00Do you have brothers or sisters?
30:03Yes, I have seven. We're eight in total, but I don't talk to them.
30:09Why?
30:11Problems.
30:14They don't like what I do.
30:17And I don't care about what they tell me.
30:20How did you get involved in this?
30:22In what?
30:24In selling drugs.
30:30Robbing.
30:32Because of the bad company, I guess.
30:36Do you want kids?
30:39No.
30:43Why?
30:45That's not for me.
30:48Today, Lisa has lost her enthusiasm.
30:51There's a certain boredom in her,
30:53as if she were used by a life she doesn't seem to have chosen freely.
31:01Let's go back to Mexico.
31:03Women are often victims of the cartel war.
31:07Mothers, wives, sisters.
31:10Today, four students have been killed
31:13in the parking lot of a gas station in Ciudad Juárez,
31:16a border town in northern Mexico.
31:25The same day, a few streets away,
31:28we found eight women carrying the corpse of a man from their family,
31:32murdered in this house.
31:36Last year in Mexico,
31:38clashes between cartels cost more than 7,000 lives.
31:42This carnage has a direct impact
31:45on the structure of Mexican cartels.
31:48The disappearance of men has led to women taking over positions of power.
31:53The Tijuana Cartel perfectly illustrates this situation.
31:57This is a family photograph of the criminal organization.
32:01Most of Arellano Félix's brothers are either dead or in prison.
32:06That's why the older sister, Enedina,
32:08is the one who inherited the cartel's leadership.
32:11In Mexico, she's the only woman
32:13in charge of such an important organization.
32:15But there are many others.
32:17The most famous is Sandra Ávila Beltrán,
32:19nicknamed the Queen of the Pacific.
32:22Where are you from?
32:24Tijuana, Baja California.
32:26What's your address?
32:29Santa Bárbara, 185.
32:31What city?
32:32León.
32:33What state?
32:34Guanajuato.
32:35Where are your parents from?
32:37Culiacán, Sinaloa.
32:39How old are you?
32:4045 years old.
32:41What do you do for a living?
32:43I rent.
32:45And I do business.
32:47What kind of business?
32:49Clothing.
32:50I rent houses.
32:52In these images, provided by the police,
32:55the woman who claims to be nothing more than a merchant
32:58is actually Enedina's cousin.
33:01The Queen of the Pacific is part of the narcocracy,
33:04or, in other words,
33:06of an important family of drug traffickers.
33:08An essential condition to rise in the hierarchy,
33:11especially for a woman.
33:14Sandra Ávila Beltrán had it all.
33:16Granddaughter of a drug lord and friend of El Tigre,
33:19an important Colombian drug trafficker
33:21arrested at the same time as her at the end of 2007.
33:24Accused of being the brain of an important drug trafficking
33:27between Mexico and Colombia,
33:29she has always denied everything.
33:31After an innocent and seductive face,
33:33Sandra knows perfectly well how to run her business.
33:36Unlike men, women who run cartels
33:39are more cautious and know how to be more discreet.
33:42Although we have been able to get in touch with some of them,
33:45none have wanted to speak in front of the camera.
33:49However, a young man belonging to an important family
33:52of Mexican drug trafficking
33:54agrees to talk to us about the women in his environment.
33:57We will call him Antonio.
33:59He is the son of an important woman in the hierarchy of the cartels.
34:03To attend this interview,
34:05Antonio has had to get rid of his mother's surveillance.
34:08However, for security reasons,
34:10he always has a GPS on him.
34:12Today he is uncomfortable in front of the camera
34:16and looks around him.
34:18He knows that at any moment he can be kidnapped
34:21or murdered by his mother's enemies.
34:31How long have you been living like this?
34:45When I was 9 years old, I began to realize the magnitude
34:48of primary and secondary education.
34:51But when you turn 20,
34:54when you get the hang of things,
34:57that's when what you don't like hits you.
35:06It's tiring.
35:08People think that all this is money, power, women.
35:13But...
35:15No.
35:18Drug trafficking is a legacy.
35:20In Antonio's family, all women participate in the organization
35:24and each has its mission.
35:26A cousin likes to be seen with a gun.
35:31She takes care of things.
35:33She always checks when she goes out into the city.
35:37She goes in her truck and what she does is watch
35:41what new people she meets.
35:45Antonio's mother is an inaccessible woman.
35:48She always lives in hiding because she knows she is wanted.
35:51She is a boss.
35:53She has...
35:55...similar...
35:57...well, the same position as many men
36:00who are wanted on television or by the government.
36:04Right now, what she does, at this point,
36:07is talk on the phone,
36:09check bank accounts,
36:11spend money,
36:13buy houses, cars,
36:15travel.
36:17But she has to move around.
36:20It's not just going to see that everything is fine,
36:23that things arrive on time.
36:26The young man has not had a childhood that can be called normal.
36:30A gun with his initials engraved every birthday.
36:33Even now, his relationship with his mother is quite atypical.
36:37Right now, we don't talk much.
36:40Because I decided not to work.
36:44I don't want to work in those things.
36:47Are you afraid of him?
36:49Yes.
36:52Do you think he could kill you?
36:56He told me.
36:58There is a lot of space between the word and the fact.
37:02But if he once told me,
37:04I am your mother, I gave you life,
37:06I can take it away from you.
37:11Being part of a drug trafficker's gang
37:14involves risks.
37:16In this world, you don't tolerate those who represent a nuisance,
37:19even if they are family.
37:22However, this inherent threat doesn't seem to dissuade young people.
37:26Diana is precisely the friend of a drug lord.
37:29She is the typical narco,
37:31as the drug traffickers' girls are known.
37:34With super sexy clothes, generous shapes,
37:36and an immeasurable taste for aesthetic surgery.
37:42Hello, how are you?
37:44All good?
37:45Come in, please.
37:49Today, Diana has an appointment with a well-known local surgeon
37:52to prepare new interventions.
37:55I want to ask you some questions.
37:59I want to see if...
38:01I want to take this off.
38:04They say I don't have a lot of money,
38:06but to be honest, I don't like my profile.
38:10One question.
38:11For example, the muscles.
38:13For the cellulitis, there is nothing, I mean, it doesn't have...
38:16So, you know it's a package with your hospitalization, right?
38:19Yes.
38:20The surgeon gives him the budget,
38:22which in total is 35,000 pesos,
38:25which in Mexico is equivalent to two years
38:27of the minimum interprofessional salary.
38:29But the price doesn't seem to worry her.
38:31In Culiacán, right now, women,
38:34I mean, most of them want to have surgery,
38:36and I think that more than anywhere else,
38:39because when one of those from Sinaloa goes abroad,
38:42it draws a lot of attention.
38:44So, thank you very much.
38:47Diana is part of the high bourgeoisie of Culiacán,
38:50and in the capital of Mexican drug trafficking,
38:52it is a pleasure to show signs of wealth.
38:57An expensive car and brand accessories.
39:00At 22 years old, Diana studies business without much enthusiasm.
39:04The rhythm of her life is marked by shopping and dates with her friends.
39:08Today, at noon, she goes to look for her friend and confidante, Cristina.
39:12The two friends have decided to go kill time at Diana's house.
39:16They head towards the hills,
39:18to a house in one of the most expensive areas of Culiacán.
39:23And as a good bride of the chief,
39:25Diana observes the codes of conduct.
39:28At two in the afternoon, the young people drink a whiskey.
39:35Diana has been with the drug trafficker for more than two years,
39:38and is proud of the social promotion of her boyfriend,
39:41without him caring about how he has raised his small empire.
39:45He comes from very humble families,
39:47but right now he has a lot of power,
39:49he has a lot of money.
39:51He has a type of discotheque, right?
39:53Two discotheques.
39:55He has that, he has a tire business, a tire shop.
39:59And he gave a boutique to his sister, a clothing store.
40:03And do you know which cartel your boyfriend belongs to?
40:08Well, from here, from Sinaloa.
40:10From the Sinaloa cartel?
40:12Yes.
40:14And do you know what role he has?
40:17Well, the truth is not.
40:19I separated my relationship a lot with his work.
40:22Well, with his work, I was not interested.
40:28Diana does not mix her love life with her family life either.
40:31She lives in this house that belongs to her father.
40:34This is my dad's room.
40:36Here he has photos with different characters, right?
40:41The president of the republic,
40:44the president of the republic,
40:47his fellow deputies,
40:49the governor.
40:51He is a very important person, your father.
40:53Yes, thank God.
40:55Diana's father, the man with the mustache in the center,
40:58is a prominent member of Mexican society.
41:01He knows the main politicians, ministers and President Calderón.
41:05He is a powerful man from Culiacán.
41:08There is a very beautiful view.
41:11I'll show you.
41:13Quite, open it for me.
41:16During the election campaign,
41:18Diana tries not to let herself be seen with her boyfriend.
41:21Her father does not like her relationship very much,
41:23but the young woman believes that to maintain her standard of living,
41:26she has no other choice.
41:34Imagine, it would be ugly,
41:36whenever my father gives me the best
41:38and marry a man who does not give me anything.
41:42And then the man who can have the same standard of living as your father,
41:45who can he be today in Mexico?
41:48Well, a politician of his level, more or less,
41:51very prestigious,
41:53or some narco.
41:55Because in reality, those who have money here
41:57are the high politicians,
41:59or the narcos.
42:01But in reality, the narco gives you the money.
42:04Most are rich for a season.
42:09That's right.
42:10The goods of the narcos
42:12often end up in the hands of the Mexican authorities.
42:15Like this mansion,
42:17which belonged to a powerful trafficker,
42:19to whom they call the Chinese.
42:21He likes to live above all,
42:23big spider lamp in the entrance lobby.
42:26Dignified cuisine of a restaurant of five forks.
42:30A last generation stereo equipment.
42:33And a winery that would make the most exquisite enologist pale,
42:37with bottles of 3,000 euros each.
42:42The Mexican authorities have also seized
42:44a large number of planes,
42:46which are used for the transport of drugs and weapons,
42:49but also to move to luxury ranches
42:51lost in the mountains.
42:53In this parking lot of the Culiacan airport,
42:56in Sinaloa,
42:57the army is proud to show
42:59the best of its confiscations.
43:03The total number of planes here on this platform
43:07is 103 and 8 helicopters.
43:13In Mexico, the suspicions of corruption
43:15fall on the police and also on the army,
43:18so the military tries to justify
43:20any violation of the rules.
43:26We do not open this deposit
43:28if there is no competent authority.
43:31In this case, I am the one who receives the deposit,
43:34I sign the receipt, I take control.
43:36But these stamps have to be opened
43:38by a public ministry,
43:41and that comes from the prosecutor's office,
43:44from here, from the PGR, from the delegation.
43:47So as long as he is not there,
43:49this cannot be opened.
43:51So right now we are going to make the exception
43:53to open it,
43:55so that this does not come out.
43:58Behind this sealed door
44:00are the goods and drugs confiscated
44:02in the last operations.
44:06Well, here you can see, right?
44:08This is already a little broken,
44:10I don't know if you want to see.
44:12Here you can also see this.
44:14The total amount of marijuana
44:17is approximately more than 14 tons,
44:20pure marijuana.
44:23Here in these stamps
44:25there is phenylamine,
44:27which is the active product
44:29of methamphetamine.
44:31That is, it is methamphetamine,
44:33it only needs a process
44:35to make the crystal.
44:37This is all crystal,
44:39all this is what is in the blue stamps.
44:44Here you can see the product.
44:47The cocaine is that.
44:49It is there in those boxes.
44:51All that is down there,
44:53in those ...
44:57At the airport,
44:59the last drug confiscation
45:01that there was,
45:03well, cocaine,
45:05was from a woman
45:07who brought a strip
45:09and there she brought cocaine.
45:11How many kilos of cocaine did she have?
45:13It was about a kilo and a half.
45:15And there are more and more women
45:17who are in this business,
45:19or do you think so?
45:21Yes, it is classic here.
45:23The military
45:25increasingly detain more women,
45:27who in turn do not hesitate
45:29to use their charms
45:31to try to seduce them.
45:33Many times women come
45:35and try to bribe you
45:37in one way or another,
45:39either with money
45:41or with themselves.
45:43To see
45:45if you can fall
45:47into temptation.
45:49So that's how
45:51women come.
45:53Does it work?
45:55No, well,
45:57at least in our case, no.
45:59In other corporations
46:01I do not know, but ...
46:03The women of the narcos
46:05are known to be very beautiful.
46:07Yes, they are very beautiful.
46:09In fact, here in the Sinaloa area
46:11Sinaloa is a ...
46:13For you, is it more difficult?
46:15That they are beautiful?
46:17Well,
46:19that they are beautiful, they are beautiful.
46:21But the work is the work.
46:23And we can not ...
46:27In Sinaloa in particular,
46:29the number of women involved
46:31in drug trafficking is very high.
46:33The colonel takes us to the parking lot
46:35to show us some
46:37of the cars seized by women.
46:39The model that takes the palm
46:41without a doubt is the Hammer.
46:43And when we get a little closer,
46:45we immediately recognize the feminine touch.
46:47Tuning is the
46:49maximum expression of glamour.
46:51Steering wheel decorated with flowers
46:53and behind ...
46:55Like with stones.
46:57Of course it draws attention.
47:01He is the captain.
47:03Take us.
47:05He is in charge of the warehouse.
47:07He is a saint there,
47:09engraved.
47:11In fact, the weapons that are here
47:15at the time
47:17always belonged to women.
47:19Whether narcos are men or women,
47:21they share the same taste
47:23for weapons.
47:25Treating a common woman,
47:27there are calibers for them.
47:29But already dealing with crime,
47:31the one they have at hand
47:33is good for them too.
47:35Look at the weight of the ...
47:39That is very heavy for a woman.
47:41Well, there are women
47:43that I respect.
47:45They have a ...
47:47There are some big ones, right?
47:49They do sports,
47:51they exercise, they go to the gym.
47:57I don't know if you can see it here.
47:59It has some engravings.
48:01What I told you, here it has a helicopter.
48:03In the world of cartels,
48:05the weapons have engraved
48:07the shield of weapons of their owner.
48:09Pistols chipped in gold or silver
48:11and even with encrusted
48:13precious stones.
48:15The weapons make a story of the life
48:17of their owners and their possessions.
48:25Both for men and for women,
48:27the adventure of drug trafficking
48:29usually ends in jail.
48:31In the female area of the mixed prison
48:33of Ciudad Juárez,
48:35the atmosphere almost reminds
48:37a vacation club.
48:39If it weren't for the armed guards
48:41and the snipers
48:43posted on the roofs.
48:45I need Machado
48:47so it's me and the three of us.
48:51The director of the prison
48:53tries to create a good atmosphere.
48:55And he considers himself
48:57a bit of a heartbreaker.
48:59Cecilia is his favorite
49:01among the detainees.
49:03She is his right eye
49:05and was chosen Miss Prisoner 2010.
49:23The relaxed atmosphere
49:25of the prison is partly due
49:27to the fact that the women here
49:29are not dangerous criminals.
49:3180% are detained
49:33for what is called crime against health,
49:35that is, drug trafficking.
49:37Such a high percentage
49:39is explained by the proximity
49:41of the US border.
49:45Where are we?
49:47This is the men's area.
49:49Yes, girls like us
49:51can come here to work.
49:53We have rights in this area.
49:55You need a pass to be in the courtyards.
49:57It's a quieter environment.
50:01There are no gangs.
50:07In this prison
50:09the prisoners can circulate freely
50:11during the day.
50:13They even have the keys to their cells.
50:15Cecilia has been in prison for five months
50:17and is still awaiting trial.
50:19This is my room.
50:21I sleep on the floor below.
50:23The military
50:25entered our house
50:27around 1.30 a.m.
50:29They told us
50:31that they had received
50:33a phone call
50:35assuring us
50:37that we had drugs and weapons.
50:39They searched the house
50:41but found nothing.
50:43Then they told us
50:45to wait outside
50:47and that's when they found
50:49eight kilos of marijuana.
50:51Eight kilos?
50:53Yes, eight kilos.
50:55That's why I'm here.
51:01Here, many prisoners
51:03claim not to have done anything wrong
51:05and are victims of corrupt police
51:07or unscrupulous friends.
51:09It's hard to tell
51:11what's true from what's false.
51:13Others, however,
51:15claim to have done it on their own
51:17like Carla, 23 years old,
51:19who is serving a 10-year sentence.
51:21She was detained
51:23with two kilos of heroin
51:25stuck to her stomach.
51:27It wasn't the first time, was it?
51:35Was it the second time?
51:39And the first time
51:41it went well.
51:43And was it also heroin?
51:45No, it was cocaine.
51:47How many kilos was it?
51:49Oops!
51:5325 kilos.
51:57We asked her why she agreed
51:59to transport the drugs.
52:01It's going to go wrong, right?
52:03But to give my children
52:05a good life.
52:09Normally,
52:11women enter the world
52:13of drug trafficking for love,
52:15following their men
52:17or sacrificing themselves for their children.
52:21Cecilia is also a mother.
52:23She has two children
52:25and a husband who was detained
52:27at the same time as her,
52:29but released three weeks later.
52:31He comes every visiting day,
52:33Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.
52:35He always comes.
52:37Are you going to see him now?
52:39When I get to the room,
52:41I'll say goodbye.
52:43We won't stay with you.
52:45Okay.
52:47I've been waiting for you for a long time.
52:49Here I am.
52:53Did you know she's the queen of jail?
52:55But I've been waiting for her
52:57for at least two hours.
52:59And listen to what the director said.
53:01He has good news for you.
53:03Tell me, what did he say?
53:05He hasn't given you two more hours,
53:07so instead of leaving at seven,
53:09you can stay until nine.
53:11Is that the good news?
53:13Yes!
53:15I thought you were going to tell me
53:17that I could take her from here.
53:19Yes, take me home.
53:37© transcript Emily Beynon