The Blotter: Brian Ross Investigates

Bad Company: Mexican Beauty Queen Killed During Drug Fight

A violent, hours-long car chase and gunfight between the Sinaloa drug cartel and Mexican soldiers over the weekend claimed the life of a young Mexican beauty queen who police said was riding with the drug runners. The body of Maria Susana Flores Gamez, reportedly in her early 20s, was found outside an armored van along a mountainous road in the cartel-ridden state of Sinaloa in northwestern Mexico. Near Gamez's body, authorities found an AK-47 assault rifle and 60 shell casings, Sinaloa State...Full Story
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