Lawmakers demand probe of Mexico beauty pageants

Mexican congressmen called for a federal investigation of potential drug cartel ties to the nation's beauty pageants Friday after a 23-year-old beauty queen was arrested on suspicion of drug and weapons violations.

Congressional leaders warned that cartels may have infiltrated contests to launder money, and said a full investigation was needed.

To many, former preschool teacher Laura Zuniga, named Miss Sinaloa in the drug-plagued northern state's annual beauty contest, symbolizes declining ethics in Mexico.

"It is very sad. What we are seeing is a loss of values among young people," said Representative Juan Francisco Rivera, who heads the congressional public safety committee.
"There should be an investigation to get to the bottom of this, and make sure it (the pageant) is not linked to some type of crime.

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A little late don't you think, Amigos.
If the pageants in Mexico are anything like the ones in the USA they are already so rife with corruption that criminal ties are a given.