Miss Hispanic America, Drug Queenpin?
Laura Zuniga was crowned the Miss Hispanic America back in October this year, but her crown has already been stripped away. Just before Christmas last week, Zuniga, and a group of thugs that included her alleged boyfriend, were arrested at a Mexican checkpoint with an array of illegal goods and a bit of cash. $53,000 to be exact. Along with the cash they had AR-15 assault rifles, 38 specials, 9mm handguns, nine magazines, and 633 cartridges. Zuniga is being held for 40 days pending charges on racketeering, drug trafficking, guns and money laundering. I guess she figured out a way to self-fund mortgage life insurance with cash, but it didn’t seem to work out too well did it?
This is what movies are made of. Beauty queen that falls for the wrong guy and the fast life. A drug dealer with piles of cash, and the excitement of getting away with it. Only to end up in jail and disgraced after a quick view of the underworld.
This story however is just the beginning for a nation in the midst of many drug wars. A very well documented article can be seen on time.com about not only this in depth story, but the climate that is going on in the Mexican drug-trafficking industry.
