Head of Mexican Teachers' Union Arrested

Accused of using funds for plastic surgery and to buy a house in San Diego

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The head of Mexico's powerful teachers' union was arrested at an airport near Mexico City Tuesday for alleged embezzlement, with federal officials accusing her of using union funds to pay for plastic surgery, to buy a house in San Diego and even to pay her bill at Neiman Marcus.

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[PapayaSF]

Do a Google image search for "Elba Esther Gordillo" if you want to see some scary plastic surgery. One picture was so grotesque that I thought it was a Photoshop, but it seems to be the picture she chose for her own (dormant) Twitter account. Shudder

[Las Vegas Plastic Surgeon]

Yea thats pretty bad.