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How Indiana beauty queen Glenis Zapata found herself swept up in cartel raid after 'using her flight attendant job' to smuggle drug money from US to Mexico Glenis Zapata, 34, allegedly moved $310,000 in drug money from Chicago She was arrested as she dropped off her son at school in Indiana By Germania Rodriguez Poleo For Dailymail.Com Published: 15:51 EDT, 24 May 2024 | Updated: 16:13 EDT, 24 May 2024 e-mail View comments A former Indiana beauty queen has been accused of using her job as a flight attendant to move drug money from the US to Mexico for a cartel. Glenis Zapata, 34, is charged with two counts of money laundering for allegedly transporting a total of $310,000 of cocaine profits from Chicago in 2019, per a federal indictment.

Zapata, Miss Indiana Latina 2011, was one of 18 suspects arrested in the operation - which included alleged ring leader Oswaldo Espinosa, one of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s most wanted fugitives. Zapata's lawyer Michael John Petro told the Chicago Sun-Times that she has been left 'devastated' by the indictment. 'She dropped her son off at school, and they grabbed her,' he said.



'Whatever message they are trying to send her is a very strong message.' Glenis Zapata, 34, is charged with two counts of money laundering for allegedly transporting a total of $310,000 of cocaine profits from Chicago in 2019 Among those arrested was also Zapata's sister Ilenis Zapata, 33, a bank teller in Lafayette accused of helping the cartel launder $40.

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