Mexican Beauty Queen Arrested In Gun-Filled Truck

Laura Zuniga (Photo from The Huffington Post)

From Yahoo News/AP:

GUADALAJARA, Mexico – 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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Update: Laura Zuniga: Mexican Beauty Queen Arrested In Gun-Filled Truck -- Huffington Post

My Comment: What a waste. Her life is now ruined. Another casualty in Mexico's ongoing drug wars. This story is more of a symbol of how this drug war is now permeating all aspects of Mexican life.