Tucson’s “Queen of the South” Sentenced To 17 Years In Prison

A Tucson woman, dubbed the “Queen of the South,” Amanda Rachelle Miller, has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for leading a large-scale drug trafficking organization that distributed fentanyl, methamphetamine, and other dangerous drugs in Arizona. According to the Department of Justice, Miller directed the enterprise for more than three years while a fugitive in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico, leading to three separate federal criminal indictments.

As the self-described “Queen of the South,” she supervised couriers, orchestrated bulk drug deliveries, and managed cross‑border money laundering, in total involving dozens of co-conspirators. She also claimed to have conceived the idea for brightly colored “rainbow fentanyl” to boost slumping sales for the Sinaloa Cartel—a marketing tactic the DEA has identified as targeting children and young adults. Several of Miller’s co-conspirators also received significant sentences.