[32] However such plans were halted at the request of Mexican President Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador. The penalty for refusing orders or failing to complete an assigned task is often death. The majority of the commerce between the United States and Mexico passes through the state of Texas. [61] Among his first contacts was Arturo Guzmn Decena, an Army lieutenant who was reportedly asked by Crdenas to look for the "best men possible. [139] Eighty-five inmates escaped from the same Reynosa prison six months later. [153] The National Public Security System (SNSP) has condemned the low police salaries, and demanded that state and municipal authorities create better payment programs for policemen so they can have a fair wage for themselves and their families. "[252] In a prison in the state of Zacatecas, on 16 May 2009, an armed commando liberated 53 Gulf Cartel members using 10 trucks and even a helicopter. Her collection of evidence on Italian and Mexican Mafia infiltration of the Get Going program was never recovered. [29] However, in recent times Los Zetas has become fragmented and seen its influence diminish. [164], In the early 2010s, analysts indicated that Los Zetas were the largest organized crime group in Mexico in terms of geographical presence. [345] In 2008 in the state of Michoacn, the Gulf Cartel was reported to have controlled the counterfeit business, where it produced and sold millions of fake CDs and movies. Street gangs that are aligned with the Mexican Mafia often use the number 13 as a gang identifier, as the letter "M" is the 13th letter of the modern Latin-derived alphabet. Both of them were bought from "drug proceeds". The potential alliance was conducted by Juan Reyes Meja Gonzlez (alias "R1"), from the Gulf Cartel; and Rogelio Gonzlez Pizaa (alias "Z-2"), from Los Zetas. [227][228] The municipal president of Tampico, Tamaulipas, scar Prez Inguanzo, was arrested 12 November 2011, due to his "improper exercise of public functions and forgery" of certain documents. [316] Many of the extortions are first carried out on the phone. [192] Reports indicated that the Gulf Cartel was using the BlackBerry smartphones to communicate with 'Ndrangheta, since the texts are "normally difficult to intercept". [336][337][338] Nonetheless, there are indeed circles within the Gulf Cartel that coordinate the arms trafficking routes inside Mexico. [81][82], On 9 November 1999, two U.S. agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and FBI were threatened at gunpoint by Crdenas Guilln and approximately fifteen of his henchmen in Matamoros. The creation of Los Zetas brought a new era of drug trafficking in Mexico, and little did Crdenas know that he was creating the most violent drug cartel in the country. By constructing a tunnel, the cartel can get their product across the tight border security with the possibility of no detection. The cartel is made up of smaller groups including Los Viagras, Familia Michoacana, El Michoacano's group Los Emes, and "self-defense" groups joined to fight against Cartel Jalisco New Generation. The last method Los Zetas use to influence western nations is through criminal rule in prison systems. [103], On 23 March 2015, Ramiro Prez Moreno (alias "El Rana"), a potential successor of "Z-42" was captured, along with 4 other men, carrying 6 kilos of cocaine and marijuana, rifles and one hand grenade. "Los Emes", uno de esos grupos, se mantuvo fiel al cartel que encabeza el Joaqun "El Chapo" Guzmn que est en guerra contra las otros dos facciones, identificadas como "Los Canelos" y "Los . [25], Government officials state that there are currently 400500 official members of the Mexican Mafia[citation needed] with thousands of hitmen and associates within prison and an estimate of more than 50,000 foot soldiers who also carry out its illegal activities on the streets in the hopes of becoming full members. [327] They were reported to have stolen around 40% of the oil products in 2011 in northern Mexico and then selling it illegally in Mexico and in the American black market. [254], The Exclsior newspaper mentioned that the police forces in the state of Tamaulipas are the "worst paid in Mexico" despite being "one of the states hardest hit by violence. [89] After his capture, Crdenas was sent to the federal, high-security prison La Palma. Other sources state that Cano Flores was arrested on 11 June 2009. [137], The confrontations started around 10:00am, and extended to 06:00pm, around the time Crdenas Guiln was killed. [191], The Gulf Cartel is believed to have ties with the 'Ndrangheta, an organized crime group in Italy that also has ties with Los Zetas. [212] Los Pelones emerged as an independent cartel during this fragmentation as well. The gang asserts its influence over Chicano gangs throughout Southern California by threatening violence against their members should they ever become incarcerated. In addition to trafficking drugs, Garca brego would ship cash to be laundered, in the millions. [22], The first murder outside of prison that was ordered by La eMe occurred in 1971 when Mexican Mafia members Alfonso "Pachie" Alvarez and Mark "Markitos" Odowd were found shot twice in the head in a secluded area of Monterey Park. [362][363] He was arrested with a female companion identified as Miriam "M" and is accused of being responsible for recent violence in Tamaulipas[364], In March 2023, a splinter faction from the Gulf Cartel called the Scorpions Group publicly accepted responsibility for an incident where four Americans were kidnapped, which ended in two of the victims being killed. [340], Jess Enrique Rejn Aguilar, a top-tier Los Zetas boss, was caught on 3 July 2011, and claimed in an interview that was aired on national television that the Gulf Cartel, unlike Los Zetas, has an "easier and quicker access to arms in the United States", and probably works "with some people in the government" to traffic weapons south of the U.S. In addition to the more common drugs like marijuana and cocaine, the DEA has reported Los Zetas have also provided support in the fentanyl trade. [163], Arturo Guzman was initially tasked by Cardenas to recruit 20 men to murder his rival Rolando Lopez Salinas. [136] Milenio Television mentioned that the Mexican authorities had tried to apprehend Crdenas Guilln twice before this incident, but that his personal gunmen had distracted the Mexican forces and allowed him to be escorted in his armored vehicle. [330], Money laundering [95] Through his violence and intimidation, Heriberto Lazcano took control of both Los Zetas and the Gulf Cartel after Cardenas' extradition. Durante la segunda semana de mayo de 1993, Ramn Arellano averigu que su enemigo se encontraba en Guadalajara. [258] In June 2011, the state government of Tamaulipas requested the federal government to send in troops to combat the drug cartels in the area, to "consolidate actions on public safety" and "strengthen the capacity of their institutions. [356][357][358], On 21 July 2009, the United States DEA announced coordinated actions against the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas drug trafficking organizations. Es hat in den letzten Jahren an Macht verloren, insbesondere an seinen frheren paramilitrischen Arm, den Los Zetas. [288], Protection racketeering According to the federal indictment, Mexican Mafia members exert their influence in both federal and state prison systems through either violence or the threat of violence. [189] In 2013, high ranking Gulf Cartel member Aurelio Cano Flores became the highest cartel member to be convicted by a U.S. jury in 15 years[190] In January 2020, high-ranking U.S. Gulf Cartel member Jorge Costilla-Sanchez pleaded guilty to an international drug trafficking conspiracy to distribute cocaine and marijuana into the United States. An intelligence agency mentioned that the Gulf Cartel kidnaps for three reasons: In April 2011 in the border city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas, 68 kidnapped victims from different parts of Mexico and Central America were found in a safe house of the Gulf Cartel. [185] The U.S. National Drug Threat Assessment mentioned that the drug trafficking organizations like the Gulf Cartel tend to be less structured in U.S. than in Mexico, and often rely on street gangs to operate inside the United States. With Lazcano at the head of Los Zetas, Osiel Guillen in prison, and the Gulf Cartel weakened, Los Zetas entered its second phase of development, one that lasted until January 2010. [121], After the PRI lost power to the National Action Party (PAN) in the 2000 presidential election, all the "agreements" between the previous government and the cartels were lost along with the pax mafiosa. 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Chip Roy Releases Bill Asking Sec. Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano (25 December 1974 - 7 October 2012), commonly referred to by his aliases Z-3 and El Lazca, was a Mexican drug lord and the leader of Los Zetas drug cartel.He was one of the most-wanted Mexican drug lords.. Lazcano joined the Mexican Army at the age of 17 and later ascended to the Grupo Aeromvil de Fuerzas Especiales (GAFE), the Mexican Army special forces. [177] When the Rojos turned on the Metros, the largest faction in the Gulf cartel, firefights broke throughout Tamaulipas and drug loads were stolen among each other, but the Metros managed to retain control of the major cities that stretched from Matamoros to Miguel Alemn, Tamaulipas. Ortega, F. (February 8, 2008). Members and associates of the gang remain fiercely loyal to the criminal organization both in and outside of prison, particularly in Southern California cities such as Los Angeles and San Diego. [251] CNN mentioned that the state government of Tamaulipas later recognized "their inability to work with the federal government. [35] [107] He was reported to have been the leader of the cartel's Los Zetas la Vieja Escuela (Old School Zetas) faction. [39], According to the factual documents presented in court on 8 May 1998, the Matamoros-based criminal syndicate of the Gulf Cartel was responsible for trafficking tremendous amounts of narcotics into the United States from the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s, and Garca brego was given eleven life sentences in prison. [201] The Mrida Initiative that was put in place by the Bush administration in the United States suggested that $1.4billion in funds was to be sent to Mexico over a three-year period to combat narco trafficking from the U.S.-Mexico border to Panama, but few of these funds have yet to be received in Mexico. [284][285][286] In addition, the arms suppliers operate in a completely different circle,[287] and are technically not considered part of the cartel's logistics. [201] Soon, the violence generated between these two groups had spread to Tamaulipas' neighboring states of Nuevo Len and Veracruz. [79], Upon the arrest of the Gulf Cartel boss Crdenas in 2003 and his extradition in 2007, the panorama for Los Zetas changedthey started to become synonymous with the Gulf Cartel, and their influences grew within the organization. He was arrested by the Mexican federal police in June 2009 and extradited to the United States while pending drug trafficking charges on 19 August 2011. [290] This practice of extorting money from people is also seen in the human trafficking business in Mexico; the cartels threaten smugglers to pay a fee for using the corridors, and if they refuse to pay, drug traffickers respond in a deadly form. Aurelio Cano Flores (born 3 May 1972), commonly referred to by his aliases Yankee and/or Yeyo, is an imprisoned Mexican drug trafficker and former high-ranking leader of the Gulf Cartel, a Mexican drug trafficking organization. La Eme has a blood-in, blood-out policy: murder or drawing of blood is a prerequisite for membership and anyone trying to get out will be killed. [269] Since February 2010, the major cartels have aligned in two factions, one integrated by the Jurez Cartel, Tijuana Cartel, Los Zetas and the Beltrn-Leyva Cartel;[270] the other faction integrated by the Gulf Cartel, Sinaloa Cartel, La Familia Cartel (now extinct) and the Knights Templar Cartel.[271][272]. The operation to expose information of people who work with Los Zetas, dubbed "Operation Cartel", was reportedly started as a result of an Anonymous member being kidnapped during Operation Paperstorm in Veracruz,[202] a once peaceful city. [35] His prosecutors, however, tried Garca brego as a U.S. citizen because he also had an American birth certificate, although Mexican authorities claimed the certificate was "fraudulent. Mexico City: Lilaneta, 2007, Chapters 1 and 5. [36] In addition to conducting criminal activities along the border, they operate throughout the Gulf of Mexico, in the southern states of Tabasco, Yucatn, Quintana Roo, and Chiapas, and in the Pacific Coast states of Guerrero, Oaxaca, and Michoacn, as well as in Mexico City. After his imprisonment a short time later, Jorge Madrazo Cullar created the National Public Security System (SNSP), to fight the drug cartels along the U.S.Mexico border. The gang's primary symbol, which is often used in tattoos by members, is the national symbol of Mexico (eagle and a snake) atop a flaming circle over crossed knives. los emes cartel. [4] The person responsible for the murder was Joe "Pegleg" Morganthe notorious white godfather of La Eme who had ascended by then to become one of the highest-ranking bosses of the entire organization, even with no "official" Mexican blood himself. [195], The Gulf Cartel and other Mexican drug trafficking groups are active in the northern and western parts of Africa. This project included the use of tanks, airplanes and the National Guard "as a preventive measure upon the possible collapse of the Mexican State" to protect the border from a Zetas attack and receive an eventual exodus of Mexicans fleeing from the violence. "[255] They also reported that in Aguascalientes, a state where violence levels are much lower, policemen are paid five times more than in Tamaulipas. [206] Several witnesses claimed that many of the municipalities throughout Tamaulipas were "war zones", and that many businesses and houses were burned down, leaving areas in "total destruction". [88] According to government archives, this six-month military operation was planned and carried out in secret; the only people informed were the President Vicente Fox, the Secretary of Defense in Mexico, Ricardo Clemente Vega Garca, and Mexico's Attorney General, Rafael Macedo de la Concha. Los Zetas ( pronounced [los setas], Spanish for "The Zs") is a Mexican criminal syndicate, formerly as one of the most dangerous of Mexico's drug cartels. [111] He was believed to be in charge of the gang's operations in 12 municipalities in Veracruz, including Acayucan, Minatitln and Coatzacoalcos, known as the state's most violent towns. With the arrest of one of Garca brego's traffickers, Juan Antonio Ortiz, it became known the cartel would ship tons of cocaine in the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) buses between the years of 1986 to 1990. [31] The local gangs were smuggling narcotics into the Vista Detention Center in order to sell them for the Mexican Mafia. [155][156][157][158][159][160][161] The death of Antonio Crdenas Guillen also caused a spiral of violence in Reynosa, Tamaulipas a number of days after he was killed. Women also work within the cartel as plaza bosses, administrators, mediators, and shooters. [174] El Universal reported that Mexican authorities identified the gunmen that were engaging in confrontations against the troops in Matamoros, Tamaulipas as members of the Los Escorpiones group. [148], On 17 September 2012 in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, more than 130 inmates from Los Zetas organized a massive prison break in broad daylight by walking directly from the front gate to several trucks outside the prison. [161] In September 2005 testimony to the Mexican Congress from the then-Defense Secretary Clemente Vega, indicated that the Zetas had also hired at least 30 former Kaibiles from Guatemala to train new recruits because the number of former Mexican special forces men in their ranks had shrunk. The gunmen also rescued El Michoacano's brother, Mariano Maldonado Meja, and other gunmen. [9] It is currently based in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, directly across the U.S. border from Brownsville, Texas. [29] Even though homosexuals are barred from entry into La eMe, they are engaged heavily in homosexual prostitution in the prison system. [113] Salcido Cisneros was the leader of the "Tropa del Infierno", a group of hitmen under the direction of the Cartel Del Noreste (CDN) fraction of Los Zetas. A member must treat another member like a brother. Belmont, CA: Wadesworth Publishing. [94] Their rivals, the Sinaloa Cartel, had lost some territories to Los Zetas, and went down from 23 states in dominion to 16. Stealing oil from PEMEX and selling it illegally has been one of the many funding activities of the Gulf Cartel. Ray and Marlene Wells were also shot execution style in their home in Belvedere Park. [158] Consequently, the government is currently building military bases in Ciudad Mier, San Fernando and Ciudad Mante. [26], In early 2012 there was a federal indictment of 119 San Diego County gang members, including a Mexican Mafia boss that was arrested in a raid of his San Marcos home, which portrays a sprawling, well-organized criminal network that ran drug dealing on the streets of North County and even extended inside the Vista jail. A few of these cities include Chicago and Houston. Some of the revenue of the Gulf Cartel is often laundered in several bank accounts, properties, vehicles, and gasoline stations. The group was known for its violent tactics and tight organizational structure. Flores and Cadena also established a set of gang commandments. [318], Bribery Shortly before an appointment with the California State Secretary of Health and Welfare Services, Delia was murdered. From 2010 to 2011, The Mexican Mafia and Los Zetas engaged in a bloody and brutal war against each other over turf and drug territories, and conflict between both organizations staggered on with tit-for-tat retaliations and murders, and there were many drive-by shootings, bombings, assassinations, kidnappings, and shoot outs against each other[citation needed]. 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