180:; she was smiling in front of the camera and posing with a firearm and bullet proof vest. She was resting her sunglasses on her head and was wearing a golden necklace. The picture's background stirred commentary on the apparent low-income lifestyle of cartel-employed assassins, which seemed to contradict the notion that those working for organized crime groups in Mexico live luxuriously. In addition, others discussed in the comment section whether or not lifestyles like Niño's were worth the risk when organized crime bosses reportedly enjoy most of the luxuries. Her picture was shared more than 40 times and had over 1,500 likes on Facebook.
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inside the cooler. Alongside the bodies, Los Metros left a written message threatening Los
Ciclones. "This will happen to all the filthy who support Los Ciclones ... Keep sending these fucking assholes", the message read. The message also criticized Los Ciclones for using female foot soldiers, and told them they were going to be killing more people in their turf. The message was signed by a member of Los Metros who goes by the moniker "65".
169:, a female skeleton saint venerated by thousands in Mexico and popular among some drug traffickers. Organized crime groups in Mexico often recruit females like Niño for their build and girly looks to disguise them from rival gangsters and law enforcement. Women like Niño sometimes begin their criminal careers as organized crime lookouts or prostitutes before they climb their way up to foot soldier ranks.
219:. Río Bravo, where Niño was based, was mostly a turf controlled by Los Metros, which meant that Los Ciclones were at greater risk when conducting operations there. When Niño's picture was leaked on social media, she was identified by members of Los Metros. Sometime between 12 and 13 April, Los Metros captured her along with two accomplices from Los Ciclones.
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Pictures of the dismembered bodies were first posted on
Twitter by Los Metros. The pictures were intended to be a warning for Niño's faction. In one of the pictures, Niño was shown beaten on the ground with the two other victims prior to her dismemberment. In a second photo, her remains were seen
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had started in
January 2015. They suspect this was done to weaken Los Ciclones and promote more leaks of its members on social media platforms. Throughout early 2015, members of the Gulf Cartel leaked information of their rivals on social media to display them publicly in hopes that they could be
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parking lot. The rest of her remains were found inside plastic bags. At the scene, the perpetrators also left another dismembered female corpse and a decapitated man. Investigators suspect that the two people killed with Niño were also members of Los
Ciclones. The bodies showed signs of torture,
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likely done to extract information of their criminal activities. They were then believed to have been executed with a headshot and dismembered. Investigators were able to identify her remains due to her distinctive tattoo with the word "Niño", her surname, on her forearm.
145:. Her body had visible signs of torture. She was identified by her distinctive tattoo on her forearm displaying "Niño", her surname. At the scene, investigators also found another dismembered female and a decapitated man who were reportedly also members of
130:, Mexico. She gained popularity on social media on 5 January 2015, when an anonymous person uploaded a picture of her posing with a firearm in an organized crime leak page. The post identified her as a Gulf Cartel member based out of
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Niño worked under Ciclón 7 and was responsible for fighting off Los Metros for at least four months. Her group was entasked with preventing incursions of Los Metros in Río Bravo from
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165:. She was commonly referred by her alias La Flaca (English: The Skinny One). This nickname was given to her by the Gulf Cartel for her slim body. This moniker is also a reference to
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America's Drug War in Mexico
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M65 was himself murdered in an ambush on 23 March 2015 several weeks before Niño's death.
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506:"Ruthless, but charming female members are taking over Mexico's drug cartels"
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922:"CDG Matamoros: dismembered remains identified as Joselyn Niño, 'La Flaca'"
138:, a rival faction of Los Ciclones, a Gulf Cartel subgroup she belonged to.
684:"Mexican cartel hitwoman 'La Flaca' found dismembered, stuffed in cooler"
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200:(alias "Ciclón 7"); Los Metros faction was headed by suspected leaders
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According to investigators, the leak was likely done by a member of
575:"Mexican cartel hitwoman 'La Flaca' killed, stuffed in beer cooler"
483:"Jóvenes sicarias, otra realidad del narco en la frontera mexicana"
134:. As a foot soldier, she was responsible for fighting off cells of
122:(English: The Skinny One), was a Mexican suspected assassin of the
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She was estimated to be in her late teens or early twenties.
118:(died on 13 April 2015), commonly referred to by her alias
803:"Cuerpo de sicaria es desmembrada y metido en una hielera"
779:"Cuerpo de sicaria es desmembrado y metido en una hielera"
362:"Cuerpo de sicaria es desmembrado y metido en una hielera"
552:"Identifican cuerpo desmembrado en Matamoros, Tamaulipas"
711:"Identifican cuerpo desmembrado encontrado en Matamoros"
436:"Mutilan a sicaria que adquirió fama en redes sociales"
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Joselyn
Alejandra Niño was a suspected assassin of the
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that connects
Matamoros with Brownsville, Texas, U.S.
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2943:Cartel: The Coming Invasion of Mexico's Drug Wars
3011:Manhunt of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán (2001–2014)
191:, the faction that Niño reportedly belonged to.
2948:El Narco: Inside Mexico's Criminal Insurgency
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735:"'Las flacas': Las sicarias del cártel"
390:"Curse of the Cartel's Skinny Hitwoman"
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885:from the original on 18 November 2018.
862:from the original on 19 November 2018.
840:from the original on 18 November 2018.
745:from the original on 19 November 2018.
518:from the original on 9 September 2018.
493:from the original on 18 November 2018.
471:from the original on 12 November 2018.
424:from the original on 19 November 2018.
372:from the original on 19 November 2018.
16:Mexican suspected Gulf Cartel assassin
1120:SEIDO (organized crime investigation)
910:from the original on 26 October 2016.
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2863:Journalists and media workers killed
402:from the original on 2 October 2017.
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2969:Allegations of CIA drug trafficking
1110:Fuerzas Especiales (special forces)
934:from the original on 21 April 2018.
813:from the original on 28 April 2015.
791:from the original on 17 March 2018.
767:from the original on 26 April 2016.
723:from the original on 5 August 2015.
668:from the original on 18 April 2017.
634:from the original on 24 April 2015.
612:from the original on 21 March 2018.
540:from the original on 23 April 2017.
457:Iaccino, Ludovica (20 April 2015).
446:from the original on 16 April 2018.
896:Hoffman, Chelsea (22 April 2015).
696:from the original on 9 April 2018.
682:Salinas, Rebecca (20 April 2015).
585:from the original on 28 June 2017.
504:Leighton, Heather (4 April 2017).
14:
2879:(physician / politician)
562:from the original on 6 July 2015.
350:from the original on 13 May 2016.
2147:Julio Alberto Castillo Rodríguez
873:Llenas, Bryan (1 January 2017).
420:(in Spanish). 12 November 2018.
368:(in Spanish). 4 September 2017.
3135:Victims of the Mexican Drug War
2370:José de Jesús Gutiérrez Rebollo
1888:Francisco Javier Arellano Félix
1869:Francisco Rafael Arellano Félix
1045:Mexican drug war (2006–present)
388:Daly, Michael (16 April 2015).
284:Another source stated it was a
208:(alias "Comandante Toro"), and
193:Infighting between these groups
3075:People of the Mexican Drug War
3060:21st-century Mexican criminals
2986:Most-wanted Mexican drug lords
1911:Luis Fernando Sánchez Arellano
1474:Jorge Eduardo Costilla Sánchez
656:Pilatos, Poncho (March 2017).
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3016:2015 Amado checkpoint protest
2043:Jalisco New Generation Cartel
1729:Jalisco New Generation Cartel
970:(in Spanish). 22 April 2015.
809:(in Spanish). 22 April 2015.
787:(in Spanish). 21 April 2015.
763:(in Spanish). 21 April 2015.
741:(in Spanish). 22 April 2015.
719:(in Spanish). 21 April 2015.
630:(in Spanish). 20 April 2015.
608:(in Spanish). 21 April 2015.
573:Marquez, RJ (21 April 2015).
558:(in Spanish). 21 April 2015.
536:(in Spanish). 20 April 2015.
442:(in Spanish). 20 April 2015.
346:(in Spanish). 20 April 2015.
198:Ángel Eduardo Prado Rodríguez
3021:2018 Chimney Canyon shootout
2198:Other cartels and drug lords
1805:Juan José Esparragoza Moreno
464:International Business Times
161:, a criminal group based in
126:, a criminal group based in
2298:Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo
2168:Rosalinda González Valencia
2101:Jorge Luis Mendoza Cárdenas
1973:Jesús Enrique Rejón Aguilar
1357:José de Jesús Méndez Vargas
1115:Policía Federal Ministerial
856:La Crónica de Tierra Blanca
202:José Hugo Rodríguez Sánchez
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3125:Murdered Mexican gangsters
2885:Édgar Eusebio Millán Gómez
2133:Antonio Oseguera Cervantes
2096:Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes
2061:Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes
1812:Ignacio Coronel Villarreal
1228:Sergio Villarreal Barragán
489:(in Spanish). April 2015.
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2317:Héctor Luis Palma Salazar
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964:"Descuartizan a La Flaca"
210:Juan Francisco Carrizales
206:Juan Manuel Loisa Salinas
30:
3115:Mexican female murderers
3105:Mexican female gangsters
3095:Mexican drug traffickers
2953:The Fight to Save Juárez
2310:Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo
1579:Vicente Carrillo Fuentes
1467:Antonio Cárdenas Guillén
997:Rowman & Littlefield
689:San Antonio Express-News
3120:Mexican torture victims
2391:Raúl Salinas de Gortari
2324:Jesús Amezcua Contreras
2140:Elvis González Valencia
2119:Rubén Oseguera González
1862:Benjamín Arellano Félix
1682:Nazario Moreno González
1675:Servando Gómez Martínez
1668:Enrique Plancarte Solís
1650:Servando Gómez Martínez
1643:Enrique Plancarte Solís
1554:Pablo Acosta Villarreal
1547:Rafael Aguilar Guajardo
1488:Homero Cárdenas Guillén
1364:Servando Gómez Martínez
1350:Enrique Plancarte Solís
1343:Alberto Espinoza Barrón
1336:Rafael Cedeño Hernández
1329:Dionisio Loya Plancarte
1308:Nazario Moreno González
1221:Edgar Valdez Villarreal
757:"Breve vida de sicaria"
3070:People from Tamaulipas
2807:LeBarón & Langford
2338:Juan Nepomuceno Guerra
2161:José González Valencia
2106:Érick Valencia Salazar
2066:Érick Valencia Salazar
2012:Miguel Treviño Morales
1917:Edgardo Leyva Escandón
1905:Enedina Arellano Félix
1881:Eduardo Arellano Félix
1608:Knights Templar Cartel
1561:Amado Carrillo Fuentes
1460:Osiel Cárdenas Guillén
1453:Óscar Malherbe de León
1428:Juan Nepomuceno Guerra
1315:Carlos Rosales Mendoza
950:The Truecrime Database
167:Our Lady of Holy Death
116:Joselyn Alejandra Niño
44:Joselyn Alejandra Niño
25:Joselyn Alejandra Niño
3090:Female child soldiers
2991:Piracy on Falcon Lake
2981:Juárez house of death
2602:Nuevo León-Tamaulipas
2384:Noé Ramírez Mandujano
1875:Carlos Arellano Félix
1799:Ismael Zambada García
1776:Ismael Zambada García
1763:Adrián Gómez González
1481:Mario Ramírez Treviño
1207:Alfredo Beltrán Leyva
511:The Houston Chronicle
229:Matamoros, Tamaulipas
178:Río Bravo, Tamaulipas
2377:Arturo Durazo Moreno
2304:Rafael Caro Quintero
2221:Independent Acapulco
2112:Martín Arzola Ortega
2079:Martín Arzola Ortega
2019:Omar Treviño Morales
1987:Galindo Mellado Cruz
1966:Jaime González Durán
1959:Arturo Guzmán Decena
1855:Ramón Arellano Félix
1793:Joaquín Guzmán Loera
1770:Joaquín Guzmán Loera
1322:Arnoldo Rueda Medina
1253:Héctor Beltrán Leyva
1235:Héctor Beltrán Leyva
1214:Carlos Beltrán Leyva
1200:Arturo Beltrán Leyva
1183:South Pacific Cartel
1153:Beltrán-Leyva Cartel
858:(in Spanish). 2015.
344:El Debate de Sinaloa
212:(alias "Metro 98").
174:Valor por Tamaulipas
3065:Gulf Cartel members
2877:Rodolfo Torre Cantú
2707:Villas de Salvárcar
2702:Juárez rehab center
556:El Siglo de Torreón
440:El Diario de Juárez
217:Reynosa, Tamaulipas
204:(alias "El Gafe"),
2893:Jaime Jorge Zapata
2887:(police commander)
2858:Politicians killed
2345:Juan García Ábrego
2331:Pedro Avilés Pérez
2276:Santa Rosa de Lima
1585:Juan Pablo Ledezma
1435:Juan García Abrego
662:Columna Tamaulipas
3110:Mexican gangsters
3100:Mexican assassins
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2762:2012 Nuevo Laredo
2732:2011 San Fernando
2727:2010 San Fernando
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628:El Sol de Nayarit
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3085:Female assassins
3080:Contract killers
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2869:Enrique Camarena
2827:Coatepec Harinas
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2567:Fast and Furious
2539:Community Shield
2479:Southern Tempest
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