Mexico: Will Los Zetas Unravel Without Their Leader?

Mexico: Will Los Zetas Unravel Without Their Leader?

Mary Mata July 18, 2013

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

Mary Mata October 9, 2012

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

Mary Mata August 29, 2012

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

Mary Mata

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

Mary Mata July 5, 2012

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

Mary Mata June 25, 2012

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

Mary Mata October 3, 2011

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

NewsTaco May 19, 2011

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 […]