Mexico's "Queen Of The Pacific" - 60 Minutes - CBS News: "Sandra Avila Beltran came to our attention in September 2007 when she was arrested by the Mexican authorities, who allege that she was an intermediary between Mexican drug cartels and their Colombian suppliers.
But in Mexico, Avila Beltran was more than just another arrest - she'd become a celebrity of sorts. Nicknamed 'The Queen of the Pacific,' she was known for her glamorous lifestyle and her rise in a world ordinarily dominated by men.
To learn more about Sandra Avila Beltran, 60 Minutes spoke to Julio Scherer Garcia, a respected journalist in Mexico, and author of Queen of the Pacific: It’s Time To Talk, which was written from a series of interviews he did with her in prison.
Scherer has written extensively about organized crime, including a book in 2001 called Maximum Security, for which he visited prisoners at Mexico's notorious La Palma prison. And he was the founder of Proceso, an investigative news magazine, which he ran for 20 years."
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