
Maria Ortiz was the mother of the Mexican drug lord Jose Antonio Yepez Ortiz and Juana Yepez, and a major Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel financier. At 2:00 PM on 20 June 2020, she, her daughter, her niece Rosalba, and at least 22 other Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel members were arrested in Celaya, Guanajuato, and the authorities also confiscated a kilogram of meth, several vehicles, firearms, and ammunitions, and $89,000 in the possession of Maria Ortiz. Maria, Juana, and Rosalba were accused of running the cartel's finances for Jose Antonio. In retaliation for Maria's capture, Jose Antonio had his men burn cars and block off roads, and he vowed vengeance against the government and the Jalisco New Generation Cartel.