Overview

• Natalia Torices, known as 'la reina de la burundanga,' admitted in court to using scopolamine on two occasions to incapacitate victims and steal money.
• The prosecution increased its sentencing request from 17 to 25 years, citing charges of fraud, poisoning, and robbery, but did not pursue attempted homicide charges.
• Torices acknowledged faking a cancer diagnosis to defraud a family of nearly €200,000 and withdrawing €9,000 from a friend's account after drugging her.
• Court-appointed experts reported impulse-control issues and a personality disorder but found no evidence of a formal gambling addiction, despite her claims of online poker dependency.
• The defense has argued for acquittal, alleging procedural irregularities and claiming the family involved sought to profit from Torices' actions.