( CNN ) -- A 23-year-old beauty queen and seven men arrested in vehicles loaded with weapons and cash near the central Mexico city of Guadalajara have been transferred to Mexico City , the state news agency said Wednesday . Laura Zuniga and seven men were found in vehicles with guns and $ 50,000 , Mexican police say . Laura Zuniga and the men were traveling Monday night in two vehicles that contained AR-15 assault rifles , 38-caliber specials , 9 mm handguns , cartridges and $ 50,000 in cash , said Luis Carlos Najera Gutierrez de Velazco , secretary of public security for the state of Jalisco . Police , who had received a tip that armed men were in a home , detected the vehicles in the city of Zapopan as authorities were en route to investigate the call , Najera said Tuesday . Inside one of the vehicles , authorities found Angel Orlando Garcia Urquiza , 29 , who is Zuniga 's boyfriend and the brother of `` one of the greatest capos [ bosses ] of narcotraffic , '' Ricardo Garcia Urquiza , a member of the Juarez cartel already in police custody , Najera said . All eight were filed before the news media Tuesday . Zuniga , wearing blue jeans and a gray sweater , raised her handcuffed wrists to cover her face in a police picture . Watch footage of the eight arrested and weapons seized » . They were transported in a heavily armed 30-vehicle convoy late Tuesday to Guadalajara International Airport and flown to Mexico City , the official Notimex news agency reported . The federal organized crime team in Mexico City will investigate , and the suspects will face arms charges , Najera said . Zuniga is from Culiacan in the state of Sinaloa , a center of drug activity . In July , she won the title Our Sinaloa Beauty . That gave her the right to compete two months later in the national Our Mexico Beauty in Monterrey , where she won `` The Election of the Queens , '' one of five special recognitions , and came in third overall . In October , she won the title `` Hispanoamerican Queen 2008 '' in Santa Cruz , Bolivia . Mexican newscasts referred to her Wednesday as `` Miss Pistols '' and likened her situation to `` Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs . '' According to the Nuestra Belleza Mexico Web site , she is to represent Mexico in next year 's Miss International contest . A statement issued Wednesday by Lupita Jones , director of Our Mexico Beauty , said the organization will wait to see what happens in the legal system . `` In order to determine the situation with Miss Laura Zuniga , Our Mexico Beauty will be watching the case and will take appropriate action once the results of the authorities ' investigation are known , '' said the statement , published on the Web site for CNN affiliate Televisa Mexico .
NEW : Mexican newcasts refer to arrested beauty queen as ` ` ' Pistols '' Mexican police : Laura González , seven men on arms seized , federal arrest . Zuniga , men found in vehicles with weapons , $ 50,000 , police say . Zuniga set to represent Mexico in next year 's Miss International pageant .