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Torture, beheadings, and narcocultos The Juarez cartel's expansionist ambitions have been quelled in recent years, but they retain a strong grasp on their part of the US-Mexico border, which should maintain their threat to the region for some time. Tamaulipas Lieutenant Governor Morelos Jaime Canseco Gmez admitted police were still looking for another bus of passengers. The 34-year-old, known as "Chano", was a regional boss in the Mexican border town of Piedras Negras. When Reyna didn't hear from his son for several days, he started making calls. Cartel: Los Zetas It was a solid lead, as cartels were known to take over ranches and convert them into makeshift jails or execution chambers. The U.S. State Department issued warnings not to travel to or within Tamaulipas, as a result. Then, learn about the Mexican boys forced to eat human flesh as a cartel initiation. Photo by Yuri Cortez/AFP/Getty Images. It had only been a year since officials in the Mexican city found 72 victims of the Los Zetas drug cartel buried in the dirt. However, Insight Crime suggests that the large traditional cartels may be over as Mexico's criminal underworld becomes increasingly fragmented and scattershot. Initially formed by about 30 former members of an elite Mexican army unit, the gang used fear and intimidation to conduct business in defiance of government operations. This essay provides an overview of those incidents of torture and beheadings linked to the Mexican cartels and their mercenary and gang affiliates taking place both within Mexico and the United States. This gang violence occurs in their stronghold of Ciudad Jurez, where 1,200 people were murdered in 2018. Outlets must also tag the Observer in all social media posts.
Brutal Mexican Zetas cartel leader chopped up girl, 6, with an axe While police arrested 76 suspects, including senior Los Zeta member Martin El Kilo Estrada, there was no victory there. Its origins are traced toEl Milenio, a group that was allied to the Tijuana cartel. WebCIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamaulipas -- Gunmen with the Los Zetas cartel butchered close to 20 victims over the weekend, three of those victims were Texas residents who had been Melissa is a 2016-17 Lannan Fellow at The Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute. The handful of passengers lucky enough to be rescued confirmed their captors intended to recruit them. Killed: Oct. 7, 2012 Follow @NewsHourWorld Reporter-producer Larisa Epatko contributed to this report. What should we expect from a heartless criminal organization put together by ex-military men? Breitbart Texas Cartel Chroniclesare published in both English and in their originalSpanish. WebFrom March 24 to March 29, 2011, the Los Zetas drug cartel viciously slaughtered nearly 200 Central American migrants in Tamaulipas, Mexico. The implication of this is that Los Zetas continues to bolster its criminal operations through nontraditional and unexpected means. At one of the gory murders the horrific slaughter of a young girl he reportedly told her father the crime was "so you can remember me", before ordering the murder of both parents.
Los Zetas called Mexico's most dangerous drug cartel In early April, Mexican military officials made another grisly discovery in the once sleepy farming community of San Fernando: a series of mass graves among the mesquite brush. In this ghastly murder, the CDN faction appears to have struck first murdering the relatives of a state police officer and a farmers union leader. De Leon is now cooperating with authorities. This is because La Familia styled itself as the people's cartel by performing social work and employing civilians, which won both popularity and new recruits. Busloads of people were declared missing in 2011 when their luggage went unclaimed in Reynosa and Matamoros. Insight Crime and the BBC reported that these splinter groups are suspected to have abducted 43 Ayotzinapa students, which hit international headlines in 2014.
Then, in December 2015, Insider reported that La Familia founderCarlos Rosales Mendoza was found dead baring torture wounds. Los Zetas control a wide swathe of territory ranging from the Texas border to Guatemala. He alleged that the victims were abducted from buses and killed for refusing to join the cartel or pay their way out. Today, the cartel retains a small presence in southern Mexico. First it was people with money, then it was anyone. As La Familia Michoacana expelled Los Zetas, they took territory across Guerrero, Morelos, Guanajuato, Queretaro, Jalisco and Mexico City. Extortion, smuggling, torture, possible harvesting of human body parts. Captured: July 15, 2013 Specific forms of torture are discussed as well as the most likely victims and perpetrators. Attorney Jeff Blackburn, a crusader for the innocent, fought injustices across Texas in his improbable, utterly original, and often profane life. Read more about illegal drugs and those who deal in them on 10 Atrocities Committed By Mexican Drug Cartels and 15 Notable Drug Traffickers.
BBC News In1997, PBS described the Tijuana drug cartel as "one of the most powerful and aggressive drug trafficking organizations operating from Mexico," adding that it is "undeniably the most violent." Arson investigation underway after cars catch fire at west Houston apartment complex, Mother of 15-year-old shot at a house party wants someone held accountable, Houston forecast: Grab your jacket as you head to the rodeo, it's a cool and breezy Friday, Damage reported throughout North Texas area during severe weather. The Los Zetas cartel gunmen even executed the family dog. Lazcano died in a shootout with the Mexican Navy. They told me to stop doing that," Reyna said in court. The video shows four women on their knees in a field, their hands tied behind their backs. Some had been killed by sledgehammer. As part of the threats, the Vieja Escuela faction has ordered that the relatives of the CDN leadership leave Ciudad Victoria or face a sure death.
Inside bloody world of Cancuns cartel wars as gangsters behead The cartel can trace its roots to the 1960s and '70s, when farming families entered the marijuana business.
Inside The Brutal 2011 San Fernando Massacre That Left 193 Dead Los Zetas was formed in 1997 to serve as enforcers for the Gulf Cartel. The gunmen used a large hammer to break down the door before storming the house shooting indiscriminately at the women and children inside. Jurors broke down in tears when De Leon described a mother and father being pulled by their hair and forced to watch their 6-year-old daughter dismembered alive before they faced the same, brutal death. // All rights reserved.
Los Zetas called Mexico's most dangerous drug cartel Velazquez started out stealing cars in his hometown of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, and was jailed there. As the two factions continue their fierce fighting, gunmen from the two groups have taken to social media and banners to deliver threats to each other. The women have been identified as Lourdes Gregorio Garcia Amaya from Texas, Raymunda Amaya Contreras, Maria Del Rosario Carrizales Amaya, Griselda Carrizales Amaya and Maria Cirila Contreras Garcia. They were the victims of a brutal new evolution in Mexican cartel violence. In 2009, the Mexican government identified the countrys 37 most wanted criminals. In 2010, Los Zetas established itself on its own terms, terrorizing the country with torture, beheadings and massacres (via Irish Times/Britannica). With Americans running the organization, winning the war against Los Zetas would be much more difficult. Graphic from a 2011 NDIC national drug threat assessment. Picture taken from a TV screen showing Miguel Angel Trevino Morales by Yuri Cortez/AFP/Getty Images. De Leon will serve time in jail after pleading guilty to a marijuana charge. The Shrinking actor talks mental health, being queer, and why the Lone Star State is the perfect home for his new play Silver Foxes. WebSoon after the murder, Guzman became known as Z-1, and would become the founder of Los Zetas, literally The Zs: an organization that began as an elite security detail and would evolve across 12 years to become one of Mexicos most powerful criminal organizations. While the Gulf cartel remains a danger to society, their influence has been diminished by Los Zetas, their wayward spawn. CJNG's battles with the Los Zetas and CRSL cartels are similarly brutal. He was arrested by the Mexican Navy in 2012. The cartels have now moved beyond drug violence to murdering busloads of civilians, and the government seems incapable of stopping it. The macabre bloodsport was detailed in The Houston Chronicle. Mexican government security spokesman Eduardo Sanchez (C) speaks during a press conference, accompanied by Mexican Navy General Jorge Victor (L) and Mexican Army General Martin Terrones (R) to present details of the military operation in which Miguel Angel Trevino Morales, the alleged drug lord behind the cartel Los Zetas, was arrested. Los Zetas is a Mexican drug cartel known for its sophisticated crime machine and brutality. Gary Green and Arthur Brown Jr. are set to be killed next week by the State of Texas. Their wanton murders leave most civilians in silence. The winners got to become Zetas recruits, while the losers got death. At this juncture, it is safe and reasonable to conclude that Los Zetas is one of the biggest headaches of the American people. WebThe 2011 San Fernando massacre, also known as the second massacre of San Fernando, 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. Traditionally, Mexican cartels like Los Zetas only grew and manufactured drugs in Mexican territory and other less advanced countries where government officials were collaborators or incapable of disrupting their operations. Three of them are The Gulf's cocaine business started when they brokered a deal with the Cali cartel, which was looking for new routes from Colombia to the United States. The kidnapping and murder of the SEIDO agents resembles the type of actions of another infamous Mexican crime group, the Zetas. Thank you. Perhaps the most heinous La Linea crime occurred in Bavispe, where the group attacked a Mormon family inNovember 2019, killing nine people including several children, according to ABC. [10] The authorities havent succeeded in shutting down the cartels sophisticated radio communication due to two reasons: The first is that the radio equipment is easy to replace; the second is that the gang relies on free forced labor to build and maintain its radio equipment.
The 6 most infamous crimes committed by Mexico's Zetas cartel However, according to Insight Crime's profile, the cartel's influence has been compromised by arrests and infighting, limiting their territory to Tijuana, a vital smuggling city on the US-Mexico border. Morales liked to betand bet bigon the horses. He said that cartel members kidnapped him again and held him captive for 13 days until he found the money. Border / Cartel ChroniclesBreitbart TexasCartel ChroniclesCartel ViolenceCDNCiudad VictoriaGrupo BravoLos ZetasVieja Escuela. Writing for the Los Angeles Times, William R. Long dubbed the Cali cartel as "Colombia's Gentlemen Cocaine Traffickers." Promotional materials distributed by your outlet, including all social media work, must include cites for the Observer and our reporter. He sent soldiers into San Fernando after the massacre to protect migrants and Mexican families, but they soon withdrew unlike the cartels. The witness said that the commanders kidnapped him and his two superiors until they paid what they owed for the seized load of marijuana. The two men who were also gunned down have been identified as Cruz Felipe Pizana Saldivar and Angel Carrizales Amaya. Officials are still counting the dead, but, as of this writing, the bodies numbered nearly 200. As the cartel made connections across Mexico and the world, their death toll increased exponentially. Based in the western state ofMichoacn, La Familia Michoacana is known for its history of violence as well as its quasi-religious trappings (via Insight Crime). During a particularly emotional testimony on Wednesday, a former worker for Los Zetas said that he was kidnapped twice by the cartel and was forced to witness several violent acts. He has been in detention since his arrest in Texas in 2015. Only in 2014 was this dynamic officially exposed in a memo from the Mexico Attorney Generals Office on the 2010 San Fernando Massacre, the 2011 San Fernando Massacre, and the recovery of 49 human torsos in 2012. Jeffrey Morris is a researcher and freelance writer with a passion for history and rarities. If you dont pay them, they will take your merchandise, he says. They ordered the informant be killed along with anyone and everyone associated with him. Do you think free access to journalism like this is important? Drug cartels influencing politics paints a picture of total disaster. Then, in May, SinEmbargo reported that the cartel had destroyed a military helicopter with an RPG, killing 5 soldiers. All of the Texas Observers articles are available for free syndication for news sources under the following conditions: You can chip in for as little as 99 cents a month. The rescue was made possible by an anonymous tip about gunmen bringing victims into a house in the Villas de la Fe neighborhood. Please notify us by email that the article will be republished at, Abbott Wants to Deny Undocumented Kids a Public Education, Border Security Is a Financial Black Hole that Will Consume Us All, Two Executions, Many Questions about Mental Health, Innocence, Remembering a Social Justice Lawyer Extraordinaire.
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