Los Zetas Commanders Receive Sentenced for Migrant Massacres in Mexican Border State
Two Los Zetas cartel leaders and one of their top gunmen face a series of pending convictions for their involvement in the kidnapping and murder of scores of migrants in San Fernando, Tamaulipas from 2010 to 2011. I received it. On Monday, a Mexican federal judge based in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, handed down three separate sentences […]
U.S. Deports Gulf Cartel Supreme Leader-Los Zetas Founder; Faces Charges in Mexico
Federal authorities in the United States have deported the Gulf Cartel's top leader and founder of Los Zetas. The former kingpin completed his sentence in the United States. He is currently being held in a Mexican prison and is scheduled to stand trial on several drug trafficking, murder, weapons, and organized crime charges in Mexico. […]
Los Zetas Faction Leader Behind American Consulate Attack in Mexico Pleads Guilty in U.S. Federal Court
The man responsible for establishing a reign of terror in parts of Mexico's northern border region has pleaded guilty in U.S. federal court to multiple drug trafficking and money laundering charges. He faces the possibility of life in prison. Not only is the cartel boss responsible for ordering the enforced disappearances of hundreds of people […]
Wild Speculation Follows Release of Gulf Cartel Supreme Leader-Los Zetas Founder
The release from prison of the former head of the Gulf Cartel and known founder of Los Zetas has sparked speculation on both sides of the border. Some hoped he would return to his homeland and regain control of his criminal enterprise. Others argued that he would remain in the United States under the witness […]
Mexican drug lord, Osiel Cardenas, who founded ultra-violent Zetas is released from US prison
Osiel Cardenas, one of the most notorious drug cartel bosses in Mexican history, was released from a U.S. prison on Friday and is now in immigration custody and could face deportation. Cardenas, the former leader of the Gulf Cartel, led some of the bloodiest gang wars in Mexico's turbulent past and is accused of transforming […]
Two Los Zetas Leaders Sentenced in Mexico to 50 Years over Mass Grave with 122 Bodies
Two leaders of the Los Zetas cartel and nine militants were sentenced to 50 years in prison for the massacre of more than 120 victims in the border state of Tamaulipas, who were dragged from passenger buses, killed and buried in shallow mass graves near the town of San Fernando. This week, a Mexican federal […]