ConnexionWho is ‘La Jefa’? The wife of slain drug lord El Mencho at the heart of the cartel
Rosalinda González Valencia has often been described as ’La Jefa’, the Spanish feminine form of ‘the boss’
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La Jefa: El Mencho’s powerful wife embodies the role of women in cartels
If El Mencho represented the cartel’s violent face, his wife represented its economic spine
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