Mexico: Will Los Zetas Unravel Without Their Leader?
Mexico: Will Los Zetas Unravel Without Their Leader?
By Stratfor Summary The arrest of Los Zetas leader Miguel “Z-40” Trevino Morales marks the most significant capture involving a Mexican organized crime leader since 2008. On July 15, Stratfor […]
The Death of a Drug Lord — David Hidalgo, Jackson Browne & Los Cenzontles
By Sam Quiñones, A Reporter’s Blog This morning’s news that Heriberto Lazcano (pictured here), leader of the bloodthirsty Zeta drug cartel in Mexico, may have been killed by the Mexican […]
Mexicans Pay in Blood for America’s War on Drugs, Part 4
Editors note: This article was published by the Phoenix New Times in July. With their permission, News Taco is reprinting it in five installments throughout the week to inspire debate […]
Mexicans Pay in Blood for America’s War on Drugs, Part 3
Editors note: This article was published by the Phoenix New Times in July. With their permission, News Taco is reprinting it in five installments throughout the week to inspire debate […]
En Tamaulipas, Elecciones Marcadas por Violencia, Miedo
Por Sanjuana Martinez Ciudad Mier, Tamaulipas – En este pueblo que alguna vez fue mágico, el padrón electoral “esta lleno de muertos, desaparecidos y gente que se fue por la […]
Indictment Links Texas Horse Stable to Zeta Money Laundering
By Andrew Wheat and Forrest Wilder, The Texas Observer A prominent Texas family with connections to the state’s top officials is alleged to have purchased and boarded horses for a […]
The Drug War Spreads The Bloodbath South
By John Lindsay-Poland, otherwords.org In the grotesque wars that pit Mexican armed forces and drug cartels against each other and civilians who get in their way, the Zetas cartel plays a […]
Extradition Process Begins Against Alleged US Agent’s Killer
The man accused of leading the gang that allegedly ambushed and killed US Federal agent Jaime Zapata in Mexico last February could soon be extradited to stand trial in the […]