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Los Zetas was named after its first commander, Arturo Guzmán Decena, whose Federal Judicial Police radio code was "Z1", [35] a code given to high-ranking officers. [36] [37] [38] The radio code for commanding Federal Judicial Police officers in Mexico was "Y" and those officers are nicknamed "Yankees", while Federal Judicial Police in charge of a city was codenamed "Z"; thus they were ...
The 'Ndrangheta (/ ən d r æ ŋ ˈ ɡ ɛ t ə /, [5] Italian: [nˈdraŋɡeta], Calabrian: [(ɳ)ˈɖɽaɲɟɪta]) [a] is an Italian mafia-type criminal syndicate, based in the peninsular region of Calabria [6] and dating back to the 19th century.
By 1999, however, González Castro had resigned and began working for the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas along with several former military men. Considered one of the prolific assassins in his organization, González Castro commanded and successfully carried out a massive prison break of 25 inmates with other Army deserters in 2004.
The infighting in Los Zetas occurred between two factions, one led by Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano (alias El Lazca) and the other led by Miguel Treviño Morales (alias Z-40). The rumors of the split appeared in mid-2012, when public banners and music videos on the web alleged betrayals between the two leaders.
Arturo Guzmán Decena (13 January 1976 – 21 November 2002), also known by his code name Z-1, was a Mexican Army Special Forces officer and high-ranking member of Los Zetas, a criminal group based in Tamaulipas.
Cardenas founded the Zetas, an armed wing of the Gulf Cartel made up of former army special forces. He was captured after a gun battle in 2003 and extradited to the United States in 2007. He was ...
[23] [24] Consequently, Los Zetas responded two days later with incursions to Sinaloa, the home state of the Sinaloa Cartel. [25] The Sinaloa Cartel's first attempt to take over Nuevo Laredo happened in 2005, when Los Zetas was working as the armed wing of the Gulf Cartel. [26] InSight Crime analysis Front page of the killings in Nuevo Laredo.
Horst Walther Overdick-Mejía, alias El Tigre (English: The Tiger), is a former Guatemalan drug lord and associate of the Mexican criminal group known as Los Zetas. He is known for helping Los Zetas cement their power in northern Guatemala. [2] He was considered by the authorities as "one of the most prolific" drug lords in the country of ...