(NewsCore) – A Mexican woman tried to help her boyfriend, sentenced to 20 years for drug trafficking, escape jail inside a suitcase.
After visiting inmate Juan Ramirez Tijerina, 19-year-old Maria del Mar Arjona Rivero left the Chetumal Rehabilitation Center on the east coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, rolling a large black suitcase she claimed contained his dirty clothing.
Guards were suspicious of the woman’s nervousness and the heaviness of her luggage. When they opened the suitcase up they found Ramirez Tijerina inside, curled into a fetal position, Milenio Online reported Monday.
Ramirez Tijerina was arrested in 2007 for illegal weapons possession.
He was involved in the Sinaloa cartel, which is responsible for drug trafficking, prostitution, distribution of alcoholic beverages, extortion and bribery of police and guards.
A public security spokesman, Gerardo Campos, said the convict is considered “highly dangerous.”
Arjona Rivero has been arrested and charges were pending Tuesday.
