09/26/2025
CBS shared a story about the cartels that shows the real darkness behind the scenes. In a jaw-dropping U.S.-Mexican sting operation that could rival a Hollywood thriller, authorities nabbed a notorious cartel queenpin last month, accused of masterminding a chilling infant trafficking ring in northern Mexico. Senior intelligence officials spilled the beans on this spine-tingling tale, and it’s a wild ride.
Meet Martha Alicia Mendez Aguilar, aka “La Diabla,” the alleged ringleader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), a name that sends shivers down spines across borders. On September 2, 2025, she was dramatically apprehended after a high-stakes manhunt. Officials say La Diabla and her crew ran a sinister operation that lured vulnerable, often impoverished pregnant women to remote hideouts with promises of a better life. But what awaited them was straight out of a horror flick: illegal cesarean operations, allegedly performed with cold-blooded precision, claimed the lives of the mothers. The cartel didn’t stop there—organs were reportedly harvested postmortem, and the newborns were thrust into a dark underworld market.
These helpless infants, officials claim, were sold like rare commodities to couples in the United States, fetching up to 250,000 pesos—about $14,000 a pop. It’s a gut-wrenching scheme that sounds like it was ripped from the pages of a crime novel, but this is real life, and La Diabla’s reign of terror has finally met its match. Stay tuned as this blockbuster case unfolds!
📸 CBS News
