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Óscar Omar Treviño Morales [1] (born January 26, 1974) is a Mexican convicted drug lord and former leader of Los Zetas, a criminal organization. He was one of Mexico's most-wanted drug lords . His brother is Miguel Treviño Morales , a former leader of the group.
The family had a relationship with the gang Los Texas (later absorbed by the Gulf Cartel in 2001), which controlled the city of Nuevo Laredo. That was where Miguel Ángel, Juan Francisco and Omar Treviño Morales began their criminal life. On December 29, 1993, in a random search by the United States Customs Service, Juan Francisco's vehicle ...
The Laredo–Nuevo Laredo area is a lucrative smuggling route for narcotics because of the Interstate 35 highway, which serves as a strategic pathway to San Antonio, Austin, and Dallas for future drug distribution. While in power, he orchestrated a number of assassinations in American cities and in Mexico by young U.S. citizens whom he put on ...
Los Talibanes, known to a lesser extant as Los Nortes, [2] are a Mexican criminal organization based in San Luis Potosí and Zacatecas.The name "Los Talibanes" is attributed to Iván Velázquez Caballero "El Talibán" or "El Z-50", who broke with Miguel Treviño Morales, "El Z-40", and allied himself with the Gulf Cartel to displace his former partner.
Previously in February 2012, the United States Department of State issued security warnings to Americans in Mexico, but particularly in Tamaulipas. It prohibited Americans to travel outside the city limits of Reynosa, Nuevo Laredo, and Matamoros due to the risks of armed robberies and carjackings. [19]
Trevino has a lengthy criminal record, including two stints in prison. The first, from July 2002 to October 2013, was on a charge of discharging a firearm at a building. The second was from April ...
Trump has threatened 25% tariffs on all exports to the U.S. from Canada and Mexico. Canada's government on Monday proposed C$1.3 billion ($913.05 million) for border security after U.S. President ...
[4] [15] The Nuevo Laredo region is an important drug trafficking corridor as 40% of all Mexican exports, a total of 9,000 trucks, pass through the region into the United States. [ 15 ] Following the 2004 assassination of journalist Roberto Javier Mora García from El Mañana newspaper, much of the local media was silenced over the fighting. [ 15 ]