A long narrow state, it hugs the Gulf of California and the Pacific Ocean, though Mazatlan, its most popular resort town, has lost its luster under the violence of the drug wars. Sinaloa, with its acres of corn and tomatoes, is the birthplace of Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman, the head of the Sinaloa cartel who is one of the wealthiest men in Mexico and one of the most-wanted men in the world. 'I swear I would have never imagined, ever in my life, that my daughter would die like this,' said Maria del Carmen Gamez, Susy's devoted manager and biggest fan. Hit below the neck, she dropped into a dirt field and bled to death, her carotid artery severed. In November, Susy died like a mobster's moll, carrying an AK-47 assault rifle into a spray of gunfire from Mexican soldiers. If you had asked her that February weekend, the new Sinaloa Woman would have said the future she'd chosen was clear: a calendar of pageants as far away as China, a chance to compete for the coveted Miss Sinaloa title, and then, Miss Mexico.īut Susy, as she was called, had chosen another path at the crossroads of power and beauty in a state known for drug lords and pageant queens. The judges were dazzled by the dark-eyed beauty with the Penelope Cruz lips, and before long she was bowing her head to accept the 2012 crown. 'But you can choose today what your future will be.'ĭrums rolled as Susana left center stage and turned to pose, placing manicured hands on her tiny waist and shaking back long brown hair. 'Women, no matter how hard you try, you cannot change your past,' the 20-year-old contestant said in a sweet, high voice. GUAMUCHIL, Mexico (AP) - Maria Susana Flores walked up to the microphone in a sequined black dress, showing the judges of the Sinaloa Woman beauty contest the smile and the strut she had perfected in pageants since preschool.

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