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Los Zetas was named after its first commander, Arturo Guzmán Decena, whose Federal Judicial Police radio code was "Z1", [34] a code given to high-ranking officers. [35] [36] [37] The radio code for commanding Federal Judicial Police officers in Mexico was "Y" and those officers are nicknamed "Yankees", while Federal Judicial Police in charge of a city was codenamed "Z"; thus they were ...
[23] [24] The number "14" may possibly refer to Z-14, a deceased commander of Los Zetas named Efraín Teodoro Torres, or to the fourteen original founders. [25] Initial reports attributed the attack to the Gulf Cartel and other drug gangs united against Los Zetas; [26] however, authorities concluded that the violence was a factional feud within ...
The Zetas Vieja Escuela is a splinter group of Los Zetas that had been operating since 1997 in the northern and northeastern states of the country. Los Zetas originated from the special forces of the Mexican Army that were launched against the Zapatista uprising.
Luis Alberto Guerrero Reyes (died 10 May 2004) was a Mexican suspected drug lord and high-ranking member of Los Zetas, a criminal group based in Tamaulipas, Mexico.He joined the Mexican Army in 1987, specializing in explosives, martial arts and grenade launchers.
Unlike many other members of Los Zetas, Miguel Ángel did not have a military career in the Army. He was recruited by Osiel Cárdenas Guillén, head of the Gulf Cartel, to work as one of the cartel's main couriers. His main virtues were speaking English fluently and having contacts in the United States, which helped Osiel in his business in the US.
The group, which became known as Los Zetas, was mostly composed of former members of the Mexican Armed Forces. Some of the members, including their founder Arturo Guzmán Decena (alias "Z1"), deserted from the Mexican Special Forces Grupo Aeromóvil de Fuerzas Especiales (GAFE) to work for the drug lord. González Pizaña was the second-in ...
[6] [8] Within Los Zetas, he reported directly to Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano ("Z-3"), and worked closely with Efraín Teodoro Torres ("Z-14"), who also headed drug trafficking activities in Veracruz. Hernández Barrón's role in Veracruz included facilitating drug trafficking shipments to the states of Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, Coahuila, and ...
Cárdenas was known for founding the para-military group Los Zetas as enforcers for the Gulf Cartel. Cárdenas was captured by the Mexican Army after a battle on March 14, 2003 in Matamoros. [22] In February 2010, Los Zetas engaged in a violent turf war against its former employer/partner, the Gulf Cartel, in the border city of Reynosa. [23 ...