This paper presents the case of the famous drug trafficker Dolores Estévez Zulueta, better known as Lola “La Chata”. Historical sources are used to reconstruct the illicit commercial activities of the woman who monopolized the illegal substances business during the first half of the 20th century in Mexico City. The information found in court records of Lola’s multiple arrests and accusations for crimes against health are presented chronologically, as well as the representations in the press about this case. The text is contextualized in processes of Mexican state conformation and modernization, in which factors such as corruption, violence and drug prohibition allowed the development of a thriving informal trade in prohibited substances.

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05 juli 2024

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