Certainly the wedding album Nancy Lizeth dreamed of was not what she finally had. And the Mexican authorities' fight against drug trafficking has produced an extremely bizarre picture: a member of one of the country's most wanted criminal groups was arrested at the door of the church on the same day of her wedding and was photographed with the police in a wedding dress and handcuffed.
The woman was arrested after Mexican State Police organized an operation on her wedding day with the aim of arresting the groom, Clemente Mendiola Martínez, alias “El Ratón,” one of the couple Most Wanted Criminals by the Attorney General's Office of Mexico (FGJEM). The arrest occurred last December, but authorities have since reported it. It happened last December.
According to local media reports, Nancy Lizeth had just arrived at the church and as she got out of the car, she was approached by several anti-drug agents. However, her friend, who was charged with murder and was the main target of the operation, managed to escape.
Both the religious ceremony and the wedding reception were canceled to the astonishment of those in attendance. Seven other people were arrested.
With the wedding dress
After her arrest, Nancy Lizeth was taken to the police station without being given the opportunity to remove her wedding dress. In the official photo of her arrest, she is still wearing her white wedding dress and is having her wedding makeup and hair done. She is handcuffed and escorted by members of the State Attorney's Office, the Mexican Army and the National Guard in the municipality of Villa Guerrero, in the south of the state.
It is Nancy Lizeth and her friend “Mouse”. Blackmailer of the La Familia Michoacana cartelaccording to their police records, and are among the prosecution's top targets.
The boyfriend escaped the opprativo because he was notified of his girlfriend's arrest and did not show up at church.
Martínez is a “principle of this institution, to which he dedicates himself.” criminal activities such as murder and extortion and against whom there is an arrest warrant,” according to Mexican authorities.