Overview
- Juana N, known as La Peque, says she was recruited by Los Zetas after poverty pushed her into sex work and she initially served as an informant before taking on enforcement duties.
- She is accused of taking part in decapitations and mutilations, and in a prison cell interview she claimed to have bathed in victims’ blood, drunk it warm, and had sex with corpses.
- Reporters say she is currently awaiting sentencing, with her case presented as a fresh window into cartels’ recruitment and punishment practices for female operatives on lookout and enforcement tasks.
- Coverage revisits Claudia Ochoa Félix’s ties to the Sinaloa Cartel and Los Antrax, noting her 2019 death by asphyxiation after drinking and alleged drug use and the unresolved questions over overdose versus retaliation.
- The roundup also recounts Los Antrax killings in Sinaloa and La Catrina’s CJNG hit squad, including the 2019 ambush that left 13 police dead and her fatal 2020 shoot‑out captured on a soldier’s body camera.