| 词条 | Mery Valencia |
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| name = | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|8|28|mf=yes}} | birth_place = Cali, Colombia | nationality = Colombian-American | other_names = "La Señora" | criminal_charge = Drug trafficking, money laundering | conviction_penalty = Life imprisonment | conviction_status = Released in 2012 | spouse = | children = | parents = | relatives = Luz Dary Valencia Castrillon (sister) Flor Alba Castano (cousin) }}Mery Valencia (born August 28, 1953), also known as "La Señora", is a former Colombian drug trafficker. She led a narcotics operation based on Miami and was one of the leaders of the Cali Cartel.[1] Between 1997 and 1998, Valencia's organization made more than $180 million annually and distributed more than 12,000 kilos of cocaine.[2] Biography{{Cali Cartel}}Valencia was born in the slums of Cali, Colombia. She had multiple contacts with drug traffickers and became associated with the Cali Cartel, later moving to Miami in the 1970s.[3] In the 1980s, she began a mass distribution of cocaine and heroin across the United States. Many of her family members were involved in drug trafficking and Valencia owned hair salons and beauty parlors as a front for her drug trafficking organization.[4] She maintained a vast network of cash houses and kept ledger books, recording all members of her organization.[5] She later became a naturalized American citizen.[6] On February 7, 1997, DEA agents and Brazilian authorities arrested Valencia at the airport in Rio de Janeiro. She had undergone extensive plastic surgery to alter her appearance and carried 13 passports with false names.[7] After the Brazilian Supreme Court rejected the appeal to block extradition, Valencia was extradited to the United States and imprisoned in New York to await trial at the Manhattan Federal Court. On July 30, 1999, Valencia was convicted on drug trafficking charges and sentenced to life imprisonment.[8] On 2012, Valencia was released from the Federal Correctional Institution in Tallahassee.[9] Her current whereabouts are unknown, though is speculated that she returned to Colombia. See also
References1. ^http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/feds-smash-big-drug-ring-article-1.756535 {{DEFAULTSORT:Valencia, Mery}}2. ^https://nypost.com/2000/06/08/queens-now-rule-where-kingpins-once-reigned-women-are-running-drug-rings-after-fall-of-colombian-cartels/ 3. ^Mery Valencia: Episode 9 of Season 4 of America's Most Evil. See {{IMDb title|5481118/}} 4. ^http://www.capecodtimes.com/article/19991217/NEWS01/312179984?start=2 5. ^http://articles.latimes.com/1998/apr/23/local/me-42205 6. ^http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/female-druglord-faces-trial-n-y-article-1.799770 7. ^http://panachereport.com/channels/more%20short%20stories/FemaleScarface.htm 8. ^https://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/17/nyregion/woman-who-led-drug-ring-is-sentenced-to-life-in-prison.html 9. ^https://casetext.com/case/valencia-v-us-3 12 : 1953 births|Living people|Colombian emigrants to the United States|20th-century criminals|Female organized crime figures|Colombian drug traffickers|Cali Cartel traffickers|Prisoners and detainees of the United States federal government|People from Cali|People extradited to the United States|People extradited from Brazil|Colombian mob bosses |
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