A best-selling book and a popular ballad have been written about Sandra Avila Beltran. The so-called Queen of the Pacific is Mexico's best-known female drug boss. She is notorious for her lavish ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) – Purported drug cartel operator Sandra Avila Beltran, known as the “Queen of the Pacific,” was returned to Mexico from the U.S. on Tuesday and quickly taken to prison to face ...

Woman is accused of laundering money for billions of dollars of drugs. Oct. 16, 2007 — -- A Mexican woman accused of money laundering has been called a glamorous gangster for her alleged position ...

Sandra Avila Beltran is seen at Mexico City international airport in August 2013 after her deportation from the United States - Copyright AFP AHMAD GHARABLI Sandra ...

MEXICO CITY — Mexico's highest-profile female suspected drug trafficker and her Colombian drug boss lover were arrested Friday by federal agents in Mexico City, the government said. Sandra Avila ...

MEXICO CITY — Purported drug cartel operator Sandra Avila Beltran, known as the "Queen of the Pacific," was returned to Mexico from the U.S. on Tuesday and quickly taken to prison to face ...

A federal court in Mexico has ruled that Sandra Avila Beltran, also known as the "Queen of the Pacific," cannot be extradited to the United States on drug trafficking charges, a decision that comes as ...

The attorney-general's office said Sandra Avila Beltran was handed over on Thursday to US marshals who took her to Miami to face cocaine-trafficking charges. She had been acquitted of similar charges ...

Court records show /*Sandra Avila Beltran*/ pleaded guilty Tuesday to being an accessory after the fact in an organization that included Juan Diego Espinosa Ramirez. He was her boyfriend at the time.