Mery Valencia

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Valencia.

Mery Valencia
Born
Mery Valencia de Ortiz

(1953-08-28) August 28, 1953 (age 71)
Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
Other namesLa Señora
Criminal activity
OrganizationCali Cartel
Conviction(s)Drug trafficking, money launder
PenaltyLife imprisonment (1999)
IncarceratedFCI Tallahassee
StatusReleased (2012)

Mery Valencia de Ortiz (born August 28, 1953), also known as "La Señora", is a former Colombian drug trafficker who led a narcotics operation based on Miami and was one of the leaders of the Cali Cartel. Between 1997 and 1998, Valencia's organization made more than $180 million annually and distributed more than 12,000 kilograms (26,500 lb) of cocaine.

Biography

Cali Cartel
Leadership
Gilberto Rodríguez Orejueladeceased
Miguel Rodríguez Orejuelacaptured
José Santacruz Londoñokilled
Hélmer Herrera Buitragokilled
Associates
Henry Loaiza Ceballoscaptured
Juan Carlos Ortiz Escobarkilled
Jorge Salcedo Cabrerainformant
Mery Valencia de Ortizreleased
Phanor Arizabaleta Arzayusdeceased
Victor Patiño Fomequereleased

Valencia was born in the slums of Cali, Colombia. She had multiple contacts with drug traffickers and became associated with the Cali Cartel, later moving to Miami in the 1970s.[1] In the 1980s, she began a mass distribution of cocaine and heroin across the United States. Many of her family members were involved in drug trafficking and Valencia owned hair salons and beauty parlors as a front for her drug trafficking organization.[2] She maintained a vast network of cash houses and kept ledger books, recording all members of her organization.[3] She later became a naturalized American citizen.[4]

On February 7, 1997, FBI agents and Brazilian authorities arrested Valencia at the airport in Rio de Janeiro. She had undergone extensive plastic surgery to alter her appearance and carried 13 passports with false names.[5] After the Brazilian Supreme Court rejected the appeal to block extradition, Valencia was extradited to the United States and imprisoned in New York to await trial at the Manhattan Federal Court. On July 30, 1999, Valencia was convicted on drug trafficking charges and sentenced to life imprisonment.[6]

On 2012, Valencia was released from the Federal Correctional Institution in Tallahassee.[7] Her current whereabouts are unknown, though is speculated that she returned to Colombia.

See also

References

  1. ^ Mery Valencia: Episode 9 of Season 4 of Gangsters: America's Most Evil . See Mery Valencia at IMDb
  2. ^ "'La Senora' sentenced to life in prison as a drug lord".
  3. ^ "Woman Accused of Running Cocaine Ring is Extradited to U.S". Los Angeles Times. April 23, 1998.
  4. ^ "A Female Druglord Faces a Trial in N.Y". New York Daily News.
  5. ^ "FemaleScarface". panachereport.com. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007.
  6. ^ Weiser, Benjamin (December 17, 1999). "Woman Who Led Drug Ring is Sentenced to Life in Prison". The New York Times.
  7. ^ "Valencia v. U.S., 03 Civ. 5346 (KMW), 97 Cr. 355 (KMW) | Casetext Search + Citator".

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