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About
Puerto Rican woman best known as the wife of Harlem drug trafficker Frank Lucas. She met her husband on a flight from Puerto Rico to New York and they married in 1967. She became her husband's partner in crime, and they both served prison sentences. She also spent time in witness protection.
Before Fame
She was a homecoming queen.
Trivia
She bought her husband a chinchilla coat and hat which he famously wore to a Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier fight at Madison Square Garden in 1971. She was arrested in May 2010 for trying to sell cocaine to an informant at a Puerto Rican hotel. During her arrest, she threw suitcases containing large sums of money out the window.
Family Life
She has six children named Francine Lucas-Sinclair, Frank Lucas Jr., Ray Lucas, Betty Lucas, Candace Lucas and Ruby Lucas.
Associated With
In the 2007 film American Gangster, her husband was portrayed by Denzel Washington. She was named "Eva" in the film and was played by Lymari Nadal.
