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Over 50 Suspected Zetas Arrested in Mexico
June 14, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Police arrested 52 suspected employees of the notoriously violent Los Zetas drug cartel in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon, officials said Wednesday. continue reading »
Travel Warning Issued for U.S. Citizens in Mexico Following Arrest of Zeta Chieftan’s Brother
June 13, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The arrest of Jose Trevino-Morales on money laundering charges on Tuesday, according to the New York Times has resulted in the following travel warning to Mexico. Trevino-Morales is the brother of a Zeta narco chieftan. Trevino-Morales was arrested at his Oklahoma ranch. continue reading »
Los Zetas Leader Indicted in Money Laundering Scheme
June 13, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A federal grand jury in the Western District of Texas has returned an indictment charging 14 defendants, including Los Zetas leader Miguel Angel Trevino Morales (aka “40”) and his brothers, Oscar Omar Trevin continue reading »
Zetas’ Money Launderer Apprehended by Mexican Soldiers
June 10, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Mexican soldiers detained a suspected money launderer for the Los Zetas drug cartel in the Gulf Coast states of Veracruz and Tabasco, the Navy Secretariat said. continue reading »
Mexican Men Suspected of Human Smuggling Were Acquitted of Charges in El Salvador
June 1, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A court in El Salvador released two suspected people traffickers who abandoned 14 Salvadorans in Mexico who were among the 72 migrants massacred at a ranch in Tamaulipas state in 2010, judicial officials said. continue reading »
Illicit Oil Depots Found By Mexican Authorities
May 30, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Army troops found clandestine oil depots containing 1.5 million liters (396,258 gallons) of stolen fuel in the eastern state of Veracruz, the Mexican Defense Secretariat said. Soldiers from the 29th Military Zone, "in responding to a tip from citizens, carried out land reconaissance in Ejido Tacoteno, city of Minatitlan, Veracruz, where they found two fields with clandestine hydrocarbons deposits," the secretariat said in a statement. continue reading »
4 Arrested In Connection With Massacre in Mexico Have Link to “Los Zetas” Cartel
May 13, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Police in the western Mexican state of Jalisco have arrested four suspects in the massacre of 18 people whose bodies were found this week outside the city of Guadalajara, officials said. continue reading »
Mexican News Source Obtains Video of Cartel Murders
May 9, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The perpetrators shot video and still photos of the torture, murder and dismemberment of four Mexican navy personnel and a female civilian who were found dead last month in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz, capital daily Milenio said Wednesday. continue reading »
14 Bodies Stuffed in Garbage Bags Found at City Hall of Border Town - Nuevo Leon, Mexico
April 18, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Mexican authorities are reporting a grizzly find in front of Nuevo Laredo’s City hall – 14 bodies of men aged 30 to 35 all stuffed in 10 garbage bags inside a parked car. continue reading »
Top Guatemalan Drug Trafficker Tied to Zetas Sanctioned by U.S. Treasury
April 10, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The DEA today announced that the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s designated Guatemalan national Horst Walter Overdick Mejia, a critical link in the drug trade continue reading »
Mexican Authorities Investigating a Possible Prison Breakout After 44 Die in Riot
February 20, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Authorities in the northeastern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon said they are investigating a possible breakout at a prison where 44 inmates died in a fight involving members of the rival Gulf and Los Zetas drug cartels. continue reading »
Zeta Narco Members Arrested for Kidnapping, Rapes & Murders in Monterrey
January 30, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Seven Los Zetas drug cartel members were arrested by the Federal Police on kidnapping and other charges in Monterrey, the capital of the northern state of Nuevo Leon, the Mexican Public Safety Secretariat said. continue reading »
Mexico’s Los Zetas Using Encrypted Radio Networking to Conduct Business
December 28, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Mexico's Los Zetas drug cartel is now said to be using encrypted radio frequencies to covertly control their operations. The drug cartel has been using the encrypted radio network since 2006. It is said to be working in all of Mexico's 31 states as well as in Guatemala. continue reading »
14 Rebels, 5 Soldiers Die in Clashes in Mexico
December 16, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Fourteen gunmen and five soldiers were killed in three separate clashes in the northeastern state of Coahuila, Mexican authorities said Friday. continue reading »
‘Anonymous’ Hacker Kidnapped by Zeta’s, Group Threatens to Reveal Narco’s Corrupt Allies
October 30, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
In a one-of-kind move that is full of bravado and boldness the hacker group ‘Anonymous’ is threatening the vicious Mexican narco cartel Los Zetas. Allegedly one of the international hacker’s from “Anonymous” was kidnapped by the Zetas in Veracruz. continue reading »
U.S. Officials Saying their Informants Have Successfully Infiltrated Drug Cartels
October 25, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
According to officials in both the U.S. and Mexico, U.S. law enforcement agencies have been able to increase their number of informants in Mexico in order to gain additional knowledge of the drug cartels south of the border. continue reading »
Former Monterrey Mayor Arrested in Connection to Casino Royale Fire Started by Los Zetas
October 10, 2011 | by AFP | Latino Daily News
Adalberto Madero, former Mayor of Monterrey, Mexico, has been arrested in connection with the fire at the Casino Royale in August that killed 52 people. continue reading »
Mexico: Corrupt Police Allow Prisoners to Keep Kidnap Victims in Jail, 32 Bodies Found in Veracruz
October 7, 2011 | by Associated Press (San Francisco Chronicle) | Latino Daily News
Officials are saying that a number of officers at northern Mexico prisons allowed members of Los Zetas drug cartel to hold their kidnap victims in the local jails while they awaited the ransom payments from the victims' families continue reading »
Another Murder Victim by Narcos in Mexico Linked to Use of Social Media
September 25, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The decapitation murder of Marisol Macias Castañeda is being linked to her web postings on a social network in Mexico making it the third such killing. continue reading »
Rush Hour Traffic in Mexico Comes to Stand Still When 35 Bodies Dumped on Highway
September 21, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Rush hour traffic near downtown Boca del Rio in the state of Veracruz came to a halt when bold narcos dumped 35 dead bodies in a highway underpass. continue reading »