"Maybe this is because they are mothers and have children," argued the researcher, while cautioning that younger women were apt to be as bloodthirsty as men. Santamaria said women act with more caution and use deadly force more sparingly than men. In the United States, 2,143 Mexican women have been arrested over the past decade for involvement in drug trafficking. They learned how to manage people, run operations and move money, skills that ultimately prepared them to take over entire operations.Īs of October last year, 46 female cartel leaders have been arrested by Mexican authorities, according to the country's attorney general's office. "Later, they started getting involved in operations," he said. "After that, they started transporting drugs, laundering money and engaging in so-called narco-diplomacy," using their charms to corrupt government or police officials, said Santamaria. Women were initially recruited into the business to extract juice from poppy, a delicate process requiring gentle handling. They know what it is and how it works," said Santamaria.
"They absorbed it from the time they were girls. In the northwestern state of Sinaloa, Mexico's main poppy and marijuana producing region and home to leading drug lords, many young women grew up around the business. "But he was gunned down in the most recent shootout, and now I have taken the reins." "After they killed my father, my brother remained," recalls one of these women. Interviews with researchers and journalists reproduced in the book tell their story. "Widows, daughters, lovers and girlfriends of the men, who are part of the same criminal families," have had to lend a hand, he said. Santamaria said the dead have been mainly males belonging to the cartels, which has led to a changing of the guard with younger men and women rising to the top of drug trafficking organizations.
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