Who is ‘La Diabla’? Woman harvest organs from pregnant women and sell newborns to US couples for $14,000 each

Martha Alicia Mendez Aguilar, known as “La Diabla,” a high-ranking member of Mexico’s Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), was arrested on 2 September 2025 in Ciudad Juárez during a joint US-Mexican operation. She is accused of running a horrific trafficking ring targeting impoverished pregnant women, luring them to remote locations under false pretences, and performing illegal caesarean procedures—often fatally. The organs of the deceased women were harvested, and the newborns were reportedly sold to US couples for up to 250,000 Mexican pesos, roughly $14,000 each. US intelligence, including the FBI and National Counterterrorism Center, provided key information that led to her arrest, highlighting the cartel’s expansion into extreme, terroristic criminal activities. “La Diabla” was