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Jennifer Burns, a South Carolina woman believed to be a member of a drug trafficking group known as “Las Señoritas” was arrested Monday in Mexico City, where she had been hiding for years to avoid prosecution in the United States.
Jennifer Burns, 40, who had an arrest warrant for extradition to the United States, was detained in Miguel Hidalgo, a neighborhood in Mexico City, the Mexican Secretariat for Citizen Security (SSC) reported on Monday.
Jennifer Burns Age
Jennifer Burns is 40 years old.
Arrested for trafficking meth
Burns is one of 43 charged in January out of a total of 170 charges by the South Carolina Attorney General’s Office. She was charged with conspiring to traffic 400 grams or more of methamphetamine.
At the time of her arrest, she was caught with 87 doses of cocaine and a box containing fentanyl. The trafficking case, dubbed “Las Señoritas,” got its name because its main targets are women who authorities say fled to Mexico to avoid prosecution in the United States.
Burns and two other female defendants allegedly fled to Mexico sometime between late 2018 and 2020, South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson said in a statement. Authorities believe the suspects lived among members of the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel and obtained drugs directly from the group.
Between February 1, 2021 and December 14, 2022, law enforcement seized more than 25 kilograms of methamphetamine, which has a street value of $800,000, as well as 30 weapons. The 43 co-conspirators have been charged with conspiring to traffic 400 grams or more of methamphetamine, a charge that carries a sentence of between 25 and 30 years.
It may surprise people that cartel drug trafficking occurs in South Carolina, but it does happen and we are fighting to stop it,” Wilson said in January announcing the indictments against the 43 defendants.
“By working with our partners at SLED (South Carolina Law Enforcement Division) and local agencies, we are able to investigate and prosecute complex trafficking conspiracies like this one and uphold the rule of law.” Her extradition to the United States was pending until Tuesday.