page_title: Idalia Ramos Rangel
hierarchical_section_title: Idalia Ramos Rangel
caption_attribution_description: English: Picture of Idalia Ramos Rangel, circa 2013.
context_page_description: Idalia Ramos Rangel is a Mexican business owner and suspected drug lord. According to the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, she is a high-ranking member of the Gulf Cartel, a criminal group based in Tamaulipas, Mexico. In the cartel, Ramos Rangel is known by her aliases Big Momma and La Tía. She has reportedly been responsible for coordinating international drug trafficking shipments from Mexico to the United States since the mid-1980s. Her role in organized crime is unusual, as a woman active in the male-dominated Mexican drug trafficking industry over several decades.
  Ramos Rangel is wanted in the U.S. states of Texas and Arkansas for her alleged involvement in drug trafficking. According to multiple federal indictments, Ramos Rangel has employed family members to distribute cocaine in the United States on her behalf. She has also employed inmates from U.S. federal facilities to help her distribute drugs after their release from prison. Investigators believe she is hiding in Matamoros, her hometown and center of operations. The FBI is offering a US$25,000 bounty to anyone providing information that leads to her arrest and conviction.
context_section_description: Idalia Ramos Rangel (born 20 May 1955) is a Mexican business owner and suspected drug lord. According to the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), she is a high-ranking member of the Gulf Cartel, a criminal group based in Tamaulipas, Mexico. In the cartel, Ramos Rangel is known by her aliases Big Momma and La Tía (The Aunt). She has reportedly been responsible for coordinating international drug trafficking shipments from Mexico to the United States since the mid-1980s. Her role in organized crime is unusual, as a woman active in the male-dominated Mexican drug trafficking industry over several decades. 
  Ramos Rangel is wanted in the U.S. states of Texas and Arkansas for her alleged involvement in drug trafficking. According to multiple federal indictments, Ramos Rangel has employed family members to distribute cocaine in the United States on her behalf. She has also employed inmates from U.S. federal facilities to help her distribute drugs after their release from prison. Investigators believe she is hiding in Matamoros, her hometown and center of operations. The FBI is offering a US$25,000 bounty to anyone providing information that leads to her arrest and conviction.
caption: Picture taken circa 2013
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