Tania, the lawyer who became the most wanted drug trafficker

María Tania Varela Otero was encouraged by her family to be one of the best lawyers in Spain, she was on her way after graduating with a degree in Law from the University of Compostela. When she graduated she was given the position as director of the first municipal center to care for victims of gender violence in Galicia; However, she ended up on the list of women linked to drug trafficking.

But Tania Varela’s life took a turn when David Pérez Lago, one of the men called “narcojuniors” of Galicia, arrived at her office in 2005. The man was the son of Esther Lago, second wife of Laureano Oubiña, one of the most notorious drug traffickers. important of the Rías Baixas. Pérez Lago sought to have the vacant “throne” left by his father and on his way he would take Tania.

The Mossos d’Esquadra have arrested in Vilanova i la Geltrú (Barcelona) the lawyer Maria Tania Varela Otero, who was the partner of David Pérez Lago, stepson of Laureaño Oubiña, on whom three arrest warrants were issued. pic.twitter.com/pQ043ALXfC

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Tania Varela, from director of gender violence to drug trafficker

Tania Varela and David Pérez Lago became very good friends and would end up being something more. While the woman was building the Muller Information Center (CIM) and trying to extend it throughout the city, Pérez Lago became more involved in drug trafficking, and in April 2006, the boss tried to deal a serious blow. to take control of drug trafficking.

Through the Costa da Morte, David Pérez tried to get hold of a shipment of at least two tons of cocaine that was valued at 160 million euros; However, the drug trafficker’s operation was not successful so he was captured by the police and along with him, Tania Varela was also arrested.

The lawyer and director of the Information Center went from being a prominent professional to spending her time in the Cambados Courts, with her face hidden in the hoods of her clothing with just a few smiles; A situation that worsened when she entered prison for the first time, according to information from the local media Faro de Vigo.

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But in the process, Tania Varela met her colleague Alfonso Díaz Moñux, whose fame preceded him since his resume included having defended Galician drug traffickers and even Russian gangsters. He now defended Tania Varela whom he managed to get out of prison.

Once free, Tania Varela and Pérez Lago began a relationship and both even worked as jurists, but on Christmas 2008 when both were traveling in Madrid, two hooded men shot the lawyer twice in the head with Tania as a witness.

However, Tania was called again for the Costa da Morte case and was sentenced to seven years in prison and to pay a fine of 318 million euros. When Tania was called to process her, she disappeared and thus became the most wanted drug trafficker woman by Europol until five years later when the woman was captured, leaving behind her daughter who was born during her time as a fugitive.