"queen pins" Enedina Arellano Felix and Sandra Avila Beltrán. Felix are alleged to have become one of the leaders of the Tijuana cartel

"queen pins" Enedina Arellano Felix and Sandra Avila Beltrán. Felix is alleged to have become one of the leaders of the Tijuana cartel across California's border after her brothers were murdered.
Beltran, dubbed the "Queen of the Pacific," was indicted on drug charges in Florida four years ago and is said to have developed smuggling routes through Mexico for a Colombian cartel. A beautiful woman, Beltrán would ask to do her make-up before her court proceedings and gained even greater fame for her haughty and arrogant behavior.
More women have also become notorious brokers and money launderers. Large sums of money are laundered in a small street in Mexico City, where beautiful women in low-cut dresses provide currency exchanges for tourists, Campbell said.
However, the majority of women continue to fall into the lowest levels of the illegal drug trade, said Correctional Program Specialist Marueen Buell of the Prison's Division for the National Institute of Corrections.In the business, these women are known as "sirenas," "las sanchas" and, as in the case of the allegations against the Trevino family, "mules."