CIUDAD JUAREZ, MEXICO (KFOX14/CBS4) — The Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s National Counterterrorism Center announced the arrest of Martha Alicia Mendez Aguilar, known as “La Diabla,” a leader in a baby trafficking network affiliated with the Jalisco New Generation Cartel.
The arrest took place in Juarez, Mexico, on Sept. 2, as part of a joint U.S.-Mexican interagency operation.
The operation, executed by Mexican law enforcement, disrupted a network that lured pregnant women to remote locations, performed illegal cesarean procedures, and sold the newborns to U.S. couples for up to 250,000 pesos…