MX, Juarez - Martha Alicia Mendez Aguilar "La Diabla'' arrested as Baby trafficking ringleader, Sept 2, 2025

[SunSun]

This is horrific.

Officials say that the U.S. Marshals Service El Paso, the U.S. Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service, FBI, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and Fiscalia Especializada en la Mujer (the Special Prosecutor’s Office for Women) all participated in capturing Martha Alicia Mendez Aguilar.

The spokesperson says that Mendez led a network that would lure pregnant women to remote locations, perform illegal cesarean procedures, harvest organs from the mothers' bodies, then sell the newborns to U.S. couples for up to 250,000 pesos, or $13,523 U.S. dollars.


KVIA News 7
Baby trafficking ringleader’ known as ‘La Diabla’ accused of killing pregnant women, selling their babies to U.S. couples

Latin Times Article

 

[Gemmie]

Bolding by me.

A spokesperson for the office describes Mendez as a Jalisco New Generation Cartel-affiliated "baby trafficking ringleader."

What a "she-devil looks like:

"La diabla" translates to "the she-devil" or "the devil" in English, referring to a female demon or a cunning, alluring woman.

U.S. intelligence leads to capture of alleged baby trafficking ringleader, cartel-linked "La Diabla"

The case underscores Washington's intensified targeting of Mexican cartels and marks an expansion in the way U.S. counterterrorism policy is applied.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[seasideForest]

Good that she has been caught anyway.