Maria Jimenez was the main antagonist of the 2016 Lifetime film, Abducted: The Jocelyn Shaker Story.
She was portrayed by Marcela Mar.
Biography[]
Maria Jimenez was the business associate of oil tycoon Javier Moreno for 10 years. As revealed later on, she harbored a crush on him for a while. After Javier married Caitlin Shaker, Maria was consumed with rage and jealousy, and also took it as a personal insult that he would choose a "stupid blonde bimbo [he] brought back from Miami" over her. She then turned heel and masterminded the kidnapping of Caitlin's daughter (and Javier's stepdaughter), Jocelyn.
Maria colluded with a coworker, Temo, and corrupt Colombian Police Captain Rojas in the abduction of Jocelyn, which occurred at a Columbian resort while Maria engaged in a business dinner with Javier and Caitlin. After Javier was accused of and arrested for Jocelyn's abduction, Maria acted as a means of support for Caitlin, while hiding her true villainous persona. The plan included a $2 million ransom, which played a role in Maria's villainous reveal. After Temo was killed while trying to escape after collecting the ransom from Caitlin (revealing his role in the abduction), Caitlin heard his phone ringing and answered it, hearing Maria's voice telling him that this wasn't part of the plan.
After realizing that Caitlin was on the other end of the phone, the evil Maria cut the call. That night, she ended up confronted by Caitlin at her home, where Jocelyn was held captive. The psychotic villainess held Caitlin at gunpoint while venting over what she had done for Javier and that she should have had a daughter with him, accusing Caitlin of being a gold digger. Maria also revealed that she bought a majority share of Javier's company since stock prices had plummeted after his arrest, planning to take over as CEO. At that moment, Caitlin shut off the lights after insulting Maria as a distraction, prompting the latter to fire her gun wildly. The women engaged in a brawl that led them to crash through the window and on to the front yard. Maria began wringing Caitlin's neck in an attempt to kill her but was shot and killed by police officer Susanna Espinosa.
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