In this two image composite, Laura Zuniga is crowned as Miss Sinaloa state at left in the city of Mazatlan, Mexico July 8, 2008 and is shown to the press with unidentified gunmen after her arrest in the city of Zapopan. Photos by AP
Jalisco state police director Francisco Alejandro Solorio says Laura Zuniga and seven alleged gunmen were detained at a military checkpoint in Zapopan, just outside the city of Guadalajara.
Solorio says Zuniga was riding in one of two trucks in which soldiers found AR-15 assault rifles, pistols, ammunition and $53,300 in US currency ($NZ95,332).
The 23-year-old model won the Miss Sinaloa title in July and gave a speech urging society to value women more. She also won the Hispanoamerican Queen beauty contest in October against competitors from across Latin America.
