What began as messy pageant drama at Miss Universe has now turned into something far more serious. A co-owner of the contest, Mexican businessman Raúl Rocha Cantú, is accused of ties to a trafficking network — allegations he rejects. The World’s Tibisay Zea looks at how a beauty pageant ended up at the center of a major political scandal in Mexico.
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