Angie Sanselmente doesn't look like your typical drug kingpin. But this lingerie model is the alleged mastermind behind an international syndicate that, until recently, dominated Latin America's lucrative drug smuggling routes. 

Advertisement

Sanselmente is among a growing number of "narco novias" who are breaking out of the shadow of their kingpin boyfriends and cracking the glass ceiling of Mexico's criminal underworld.

As their husbands, brothers and boyfriends are taken out in the ongoing drug wars, these ruthless beauty queens and mob princesses are stepping up to take control of the finances and operations of some of world's most powerful drug cartels.

ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7o8HSoqWeq6Oeu7S1w56pZ5ufonyuscStZK2glWLArrvKoqVmoJ%2BperLBxJ6lqaGeqHqwsoymnLGhk6TAbrDRrp5mm5Gnwaa40mZpaWlhYn8%3D