What happened to Marllory Chacon?

“First, she faced 26 years in prison for drug trafficking and money laundering charges, but she managed to get her sentence reduced to 12 years, then got her to leave her in five and is now free on bail,” the network said.

Who is the true Queen of the South?

While Pérez-Reverte’s novel is a work of fiction, it’s inspired by real-life female drug lord Marllory Chacón, a Guatemalan-born woman who ran cocaine from there to the United States through Colombian and Mexican drug cartels, building an empire so successful she earned the moniker of (you guessed it) “Queen of the …

Who is Teresa Mendoza based on?

Teresa Mendoza herself is not based on a real person, as she is simply the character of a book, but she was inspired by Beltrán and there are many similarities. Other reports suggest her involvement with drug cartels was inspired by the real-life Jalisco New Generation Cartel in Mexico.

Where is the real Queen of the South now?

She was imprisoned at the Federal Social Readaptation Center No. 4 federal prison in Tepic, Nayarit. She was released in 2015 and now lives in the city of Guadalajara. Since her arrest in 2007, she spent a total of seven years in prison, including two years in isolation.