How far would you go to seek justice for a loved one?

In 2014, Miriam Rodriguez's 20-year-old daughter, Karen,

was kidnapped and murdered by cartel members. With no help from the authorities, she took matters

into her own hands. Over the next few years, Miriam Rodriguez worked as a one-woman detective

team, tracking down, hunting, and apprehending her daughter's

killers. Miriam used disguises, changed her appearance, used fake names and IDs, impersonated political

figures, all in the name of justice for her daughter. And by the end of her fearless pursuit,

she had notorious cartel members quite literally running for the

hills when she came for them. She was deemed the angel of justice, and that's exactly what she was.

Miriam's heroic story proves how powerful a mother's love really is, because for Miriam,

there was no limit to how far she would go in the name of justice. Welcome back to

Avery After Dark. As always, I am your host, Avery Ross. And hey, if you're enjoying Avery After Dark,

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members. You all know I like to get right into it. This is the case of Miriam Rodriguez.

To set the scene, it was 2014 in San Fernando, Mexico, in the state of Tamalipas.

It's a city with booming agricultural, chemical, and oil industries.

But in the past years, it's been ravaged by cartels and organized crime.

To summarize it, I'll share the U.S. State Department's travel advisory of the area.

Quote, do not travel due to crime and kidnapping. Organized crime activity including gun battles, murder, armed robbery,

carjacking, kidnapping, forced disappearances, extortion is common along the northern border.

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