MEXICO CITY — Blessed with charm and good looks, Sandra Avila Beltran is enthralling Mexico. Not as a beauty queen, but as an alleged drug lord, and the story of her arrest and possible ...

Netflix accused of refusing to pay narco queen Sandra Ávila Beltrán for series based on life Rebecca Sayce Published September 1, 2022 10:52am Updated September 1, 2022 10:52am Comments ...

Sandra Avila Beltran has filed a claim with Mexico’s intellectual property agency alleging that the character Teresa Mendoza in “La Reina del Sur” (Queen of the South) is inspired by her own ...

Sandra Avila Beltran has filed a claim with Mexico's intellectual property agency alleging that the character Teresa Mendoza in "La Reina del Sur" (Queen of the South) is inspired by her own story.

A Mexican woman who served time in jail for her links to drug trafficking is suing Netflix and TV channel Telemundo. Sandra Ávila Beltrán argues that the TV series Queen of the South is based on ...

The queens of the Mexican drug cartels are fond of tight jeans, red lipstick and stilettos. They’ve inspired songs and telenovelas. They go by nicknames like “The Little Queen” and “The ...

Trending Who is Isabella’s inspiration Sandra Ávila Beltrán? The second season of Narcos: Mexico saw the return of Isabella Bautista as she aligned herself with the Tijuana Cartel.

Isabella, Sandra Ávila Beltrán’s Stand-In, Is the Best Part of ‘Narcos: Mexico’ By Kayla Cobb @ kaylcobb Published Feb. 15, 2020, 10:00 a.m. ET ...

Though Teresa Ruiz' Narcos: Mexico character, Isabella Bautista, is fictional, she does draw heavily from a larger than life figure: Sandra Ávila Beltrán. During the rise of the Mexican cartels ...