Mexico's new cartel queen is Adriana Meza Torres, the daughter-in-law of Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera and wife of Ovidio Guzman Lopez of Los Chapitos.

According to The Times UK, Meza Torres has established herself as a queenpin of the Los Chapitos wing of the notorious Sinaloa cartel who can call the shots for the drug clan. 

Reportedly in her early 30s, El Chapo's daughter-in-law demonstrates a glamorous life in a series of flashy posts and videos on various social media platforms such as TikTok.

She even flaunts her newfound authority by calling herself "boss's wife." The narco queen's role in the Mexican drug cartel seemed to be revealed for the first time in 2019 when her husband was initially arrested. 

At the time, Mexican authorities became aware of the role of Meza Torres and other women in the day-to-day operations of the drug cartel, which prompted authorities to freeze the bank accounts of El Chapo's daughter-in-law.

El Chapo reportedly has 23 children, but only Ovidio and his three other sons, known as Los Chapitos, figured prominently in the Sinaloa Cartel's operations.

Ovidio was arrested this month in Mexico's Sinaloa state after hours of confrontations with the army that claimed the lives of 29 people, 10 of them Mexican troops.

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El Chapo Daughter-in-Law: Adriana Meza Torres Is Narco Queen With Familial Ties to Drug Trafficking

Adriana Meza Torres' closeness to the world of drug trafficking is not only linked to El Chapo's family.

She is not just a narco queen but also considered a narco royalty as her father, Raul Meza Ontiveros, known as "El M6," was a high-ranking leader of the Sinaloa cartel.

Meza Torres' father was killed in a shootout in Culiacan, Sinaloa, in 2007. Suffering a similar fate, her brother, Cesar Raul, known as "El Mini M6," was also killed in an armed confrontation at 18.

"El M6" was previously tied to El Chapo's former right-hand man, Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada. He reportedly served as El Mayo's most trusted lieutenant, Mazatlan Weekly reported.

However, marrying El Chapo's son led her to become the latest among the rising number of women who have risen through the cartel ranks. 

According to reports, Meza Torres' husband is the head figure of the Sinaloa Cartel's fentanyl division.

The U.S. State Department previously reported that Ovidio Guzman Lopez also produces more than 3,000 kilos of methamphetamine monthly.

The four sons of El Chapo, known as Los Chapitos, had reportedly assumed leadership roles in the Sinaloa cartel after their father was arrested and extradited to the U.S.

The Los Chapitos are Ovidio, Joaquin Guzman Lopez, Ivan Archivaldo Guzman Salazar, and Jesus Alfredo Guzman Salazar. Under their leadership, the Sinaloa cartel has continued to be one of Mexico's most powerful drug cartels.

Narco Queens of Sinaloa Cartel

Aside from Adriana Meza Torres, the other Sinaloa cartel's narco queens include Emma Coronel Aispuro, New York Post reported.

Coronel Aispuro is El Chapo's wife who helped her husband escape from prison in Mexico in 2015.

Emma Coronel reportedly had a boyfriend when she first met El Chapo after being crowned in a Sinaloa beauty pageant in 2006. She was only 17 years old at the time, and El Chapo was 49.

The two exchanged vows the following year on her 18th birthday. The California-born ex-beauty queen gave birth to their twins in 2011.

A former narco queen of the Sinaloa cartel was Clara Elena Laborín. She was a former beauty queen from Sonora state who married Héctor Beltran Leyva, known to be El Chapo's former partner in the Sinaloa cartel.

Beltran Leyva had broken up with El Chapo and created his own drug cartel with his brother and business partner, Alfredo.

Alfredo was arrested by Mexican authorities, which caused Héctor Beltrán Leyva to suspect that El Chapo had snitched on his brother to authorities. It has caused a war between the Beltran Leyva Cartel and the Sinaloa cartel.

Laborín was enlisted to direct the money-laundering component of the Beltran Leyva Cartel, but when her husband was arrested, she reportedly became the head of the drug cartel. 

Laborín, known as "La Señora" or "The Missus" because her husband treated her like a trophy bride, was arrested on September 2016 in Sonora during a joint operation between the federal police and the Attorney General's Office.

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Written by: Rick Martin

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