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Female fugitive from the US arrested by Jalisco police in Tonalá

A foreign woman identified as Macalla Lee Knott, accused of crimes committed in the United States, was arrested in Tonalá by Jalisco state police.

According to data from the Minnesota Department of Corrections, the 29-year-old woman had been a fugitive since June 3, 2020. She is charged with federal crimes for drug trafficking and allegedly for homicide committed in both North Dakota and Minnesota.

The fugitive served a year in prison for drugs in that Minnesota in 2017 and was released on November 5, 2018.

Previously, authorities were close to arresting . . .

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