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Los Zetas was named after its first commander, Arturo Guzmán Decena, whose Federal Judicial Police radio code was "Z1", [34] a code given to high-ranking officers. [35] [36] [37] 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 ...
La Familia Michoacana was a major Mexican drug cartel based in Michoacán between at least 2006 and 2011. It was formerly allied to the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas, but split off and became an independent organization. [202] Map of Mexican drug cartels presence in Mexico based on a May 2010 Stratfor report [203] [204]
Notable criminally-active gangs in Mexico include: . 14K Triad; 18th Street Gang, a.k.a. Mara 18; Barrio Azteca, a.k.a. Los Aztecas; Caborca Cartel; Cártel de ...
The San Fernando massacre was one of the most high-profile incidents attributed to the Zetas. It took place in Tamaulipas state in 2010, only 93 miles from the U.S. border. The Zetas killed 72 ...
Cartel activities are widely viewed as contributing to the weakening of democracy in Mexico, a country of 127 million, while escalating U.S.-Mexico tensions. Cartels are the major driver of rising ...
The 2011 San Fernando massacre, also known as the second massacre of San Fernando, [1] was the mass murder of 193 people by Los Zetas drug cartel at La Joya ranch in the municipality of San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico, in March 2011. [2]
The Zetas Vieja Escuela is a splinter group of Los Zetas that had been operating for two decades in the northern and northeastern states of the country. Los Zetas originated from the special forces of the Mexican Army that were launched against the Zapatista uprising .
Cardenas founded the Zetas, an armed wing of the Gulf Cartel made. MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -One of the most notorious drug chiefs in Mexico's history, Osiel Cardenas, was released from a U.S. prison ...