Colombian Narco-Beauty Queen Busted

Cops: Model was ringleader of drug trafficking gang
By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff
Posted May 27, 2010 3:12 AM CDT
Columbian Narco-Beauty Queen Busted
Model Angie Sanclemente was busted in Buenos Aires yesterday and is accused of leading a drug-trafficking gang that used young women to smuggle cocaine to Mexico.   (AP Photo/Revista Cromos)

Colombia's one-time Coffee Queen became queen bee of a gang that recruited models to smuggle cocaine from South America to Europe, police say. Angie Sanclemente Valencia was busted in Argentina yesterday after being on the run for 5 months, the BBC reports. Valencia, 30, was stripped of her title in 2000 after authorities discovered that she was married.
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