Posted on 12/23/2008 5:54:26 PM PST by CalifScreaming
A reigning Mexican beauty queen from the drug-plagued state of Sinaloa was arrested with suspected gang members in a truck filled guns and ammunition, police said Tuesday.
Miss Sinaloa 2008 Laura Zuniga stared at the ground, with her flowing dark hair concealing her face, as she stood squeezed between seven alleged gunmen lined up before journalists. Soldiers wearing ski masks guarded the 23-year-old model and the suspects.
Zuniga was arrested shortly before midnight on Monday at a military checkpoint in Zapopan, just outside the colonial city of Guadalajara, said Jalisco state police director, Francisco Alejandro Solorio.
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I've read horror stories where US citizens have driven down to Mexico, and forgotten that they had a few rounds of ammo in the trunk, and wound up in prison for a long time. Of course, if these people are linked to drug cartels, they're probably juiced in somewhere, and may very well get off with no time served.
Mark
maxs2...
Just out of curiosity, are you wearing a pancake on your head?
N00bie ping - types like a two yr old.
Mexico beauty queen caught in anti-drug raid [stopped at checkpoint]
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MUST STEAL!! BRAVO!
Feel Free Old Sarge - what is mine is yours...and Merry Christmas
Sarge, you can borrow my truck this afternoon if you wanna drive up to Irish' house.
Yeah, what’s up with the cell phones?
That array looks more like bodyguard tools for traveling in Mexico than an arsenal aimed at overthrowing anything. My verdict, Not Guilty.
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