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Mexico’s Zetas drug cartel strikes gold in the coal business
They may be known for flashy cars and state of the art weaponry, but Mexican druglords have found an earthy new source of wealth: dirty old coal. They are mining it themselves in a coal-rich area along the US border or buying it from small mine operators, then reselling it…
U.S. government sells Zetas horses for $8.8 million
CHICAGO — More than 300 race horses allegedly owned by a top leader of Mexico’s feared Zetas drug gang have been sold for $8.8 million after being seized in a June raid, US officials said Monday. US officials allege that Miguel Angel Trevino Morales, who is believed to be in…
Mexico digs up relative to identify slain drug lord
Mexican authorities exhumed a relative of drug kingpin Heriberto Lazcano and took DNA samples from the corpse to remove any doubt they had killed the Zetas leader. Lazcano, one of Mexico’s most wanted men, is believed to have been killed at a baseball field in the northern state of Coahuila…
Mexico says it may have killed Zetas cartel leader
The Mexican navy said the leader of the Zetas, a powerful drug cartel implicated in a grisly string of mass killings, was apparently killed in a shootout near the US border. The navy said in a statement that it was still awaiting final forensic results, but that the body appeared…
Mexico arrests senior leader of Zetas cartel
Mexico says it has arrested a senior leader in the Zetas drug cartel, potentially dealing a major blow to one of the country’s most powerful and violent drug gangs. “A person who is presumed to be and who says he is Ivan Velazquez Caballero, aka “Z-50″… one of the main…
Mexico hunts for escaped inmates, cartel suspected
Mexican authorities hunted for 131 escaped inmates near the US border after a mass prison break which officials suspect was organized by the ultra-violent Zetas drug cartel. Some 5,000 Mexican soldiers and police fanned out across the Texas border region, causing traffic jams as they inspected trucks and cars, one…
U.S. ties Mexican oil service company to Zeta drugrunners
The United States placed restrictive sanctions on a Mexican oil services subcontractor Wednesday, labelling it an arm of the ultra-violent Los Zetas drug trafficking group. The US Treasury said Veracruz-based ADT Petroservicios, a longtime subcontractor to state oil company Pemex, was a money-laundering avenue of Los Zetas, one of Mexico’s…
The brief life of a Zeta foot-soldier
VERACRUZ, Mexico — Francisco had gone from one dead-end job to another, desperate for cash to buy medicine for his ailing mother. Finally he caved in and accepted an offer to join the Zetas, Mexico’s vicious paramilitary drug gang. The pay: $1,800 a month, a fortune in the eastern Mexican…
Over 50 alleged Zetas members arrested in Mexico
MONTERREY, Mexico — More than 50 alleged members of the feared Zetas drug cartel, including two active duty policemen, women and children, were arrested in northern Mexico, officials said Wednesday. The arrests came on the heels of the indictment Tuesday of the man believed to be the gang’s second in…
Zetas leader among 14 indicted in U.S. for money laundering
A top leader of Mexico’s feared Zetas drug gang was among 14 cartel members indicted in the United States for money laundering after a raid Tuesday which nabbed his brother, officials said. The 25-page indictment alleges that Miguel Angel Trevino Morales — who is believed to be in Mexico operating…
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