MEXICO CITY: She was Mexico's most powerful woman, feared by presidents and held the future of millions of school children in her hands, but the head of one of Latin America's biggest trade unions now languishes behind bars on corruption charges.
With a penchant for plastic surgery, designer purses and luxury villas, Elba Esther Gordillo, the 68-year-old leader of Mexico's main teachers' union, has come to embody the abuse of power by the country's political class.
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