Haggard 'First Lady of Murder' is finally locked up: Mexican mayor's wife who 'ordered cartel to kill 43 students for threatening to interrupt her speech' is taken to prison
Maria de los Angeles Pineda was transferred to a Mexican federal prison on Monday
She has been accused of handing over 43 students to a gang which allegedly mass-murdered the group
One of the victims was identified using DNA testing on a set of charred remains found in a clandestine grave
Pineda's husband Jose Luis Abarca is the former mayor of Iguala, Mexico
In custody: Maria de los Angeles Pineda was transferred to a Mexican state prison on Monday. She has been accused of turning a group of 43 students over to a gang to be mass murdered when the students threatened to interrupt a speech she was giving
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The wife of a Mexican mayor whose police force turned 43 students over to a drug gang that allegedly killed them has been charged with organized crime and money laundering.
Maria de los Angeles Pineda is the wife of Jose Luis Abarca, the former mayor of Iguala, a city in southern Guerrero state.
Pineda's brothers were leading members of the Guerreros Unidos drug gang, according to prosecutors. Federal prosecutor Tomas Zeron said Monday that Pineda has been charged with organized crime related to drug trafficking, and use of illicit funds.
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Abarca and Pineda were arrested November 4 in Mexico City. Abarca was charged with organized crime, kidnapping and homicide in November, for events previous to the students' disappearance.
Victims: The above poster shows the 43 missing students and offers a reward for their recovery
Left behind: Ezequiel Mora (right) father of Alexander Mora, views a memorial to his son - who was murdered by gangsters in September
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When students from a rural teacher's college went to Iguala to hijack buses on September 26, Iguala police detained them and turned them over to the gang, which then allegedly killed them and burned their bodies.
Only one of the students has been identified from charred bits of bone.
Dirty dealings: Pineda (right) pictured above with her husband Jose Luis Abarca (left), the former mayor of Iguala, Mexico
