A cartel kingpin arrested in Britain after his glamorous wife’s holiday snaps gave away his location was involved in murders, torture and large-scale drug trafficking, a court heard.
Luis Grijalba, a 44-year-old Costa Rican, arrived in London on a £16,000 holiday to celebrate the New Year with his wife, Estefania McDonald Rodriguez, who is 11 years his junior.
US federal agents had been monitoring Ms Rodriguez’s Instagram and Facebook profiles and tipped off the National Crime Agency (NCA), who arrested Grijalba on December 29, 2024.
During the couple’s tour of Europe, she had posted photos of landmarks including Rome’s Trevi Fountain. The accompanying caption
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