Laura Zuniga : Mexican Beauty Queen – Busted
Posted on December 31st, 2008 in 1 by celebritygossip || No Comment
Mexico’s Laura Zuniga, this country’s representative in 2009’s Miss International and holder of several local and national titles, was arrested by Mexican police on Dec. 23rd.
CNN has the story:
(CNN) — A 23-year-old beauty queen and seven men arrested in vehicles loaded with weapons and cash near the central Mexico city of Guadalajara have been transferred to Mexico City, the state news agency said Wednesday.
Laura Zuniga and the men were traveling Monday night in two vehicles that contained AR-15 assault rifles, 38-caliber specials, 9 mm handguns, cartridges and $50,000 in cash, said Luis Carlos Najera Gutierrez de Velazco, secretary of public security for the state of Jalisco.
Police, who had received a tip that armed men were in a home, detected the vehicles in the city of Zapopan as authorities were en route to investigate the call, Najera said Tuesday.
Inside one of the vehicles, authorities found Angel Orlando Garcia Urquiza, 29, who is Zuniga’s boyfriend and the brother of “one of the greatest capos [bosses] of narcotraffic,” Ricardo Garcia Urquiza, a member of the Juarez cartel already in police custody, Najera said.
Probably not a good idea to be caught running around with high-level drug cartel types, especially if you’re a celebrity. I think it’s safe to say that Miss Zuniga will not be representing Mexico at Miss International 2009. Perhaps Miss Minimum Security D Block 2009. I hear the competition is tough.