New Zetas Cartel Leader Violent ‘to the Point of Sadism’
Stockbyte/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The new head of the Zetas drug cartel is a former Dallas resident who is labeled as a traitor by many of his own cartel soldiers and mocked as an ex-”car washer” by his enemies. But he has risen to power thanks t…
Zetas Drug Cartel Arranged Prison Break, Say Officials
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(EAGLE PASS, Texas) — The director and 15 other staffers of a Mexican prison on the Texas border are being held under house arrest while authorities investigate whether they helped Mexico’s most violent drug cartel, the Zetas, br…
Cops: California Teen Mistress Set Drug Gang Honey Trap
Handout(SAN DIEGO) — When Jorge Garcia Vasquez, 58, joined a 24 Hour Fitness gym in San Diego, an attractive 19-year-old woman took quite a liking to him, so much that she convinced him to become her personal trainer.But he likely didn’t expect the in…
Drug Cartel Rivals Behead Zetas on Camera
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — In the latest example of Mexico’s warring drug cartels taunting each other with gruesome online videos, footage posted on a popular cartel-tracking blog shows members of the Gulf cartel interrogating and then behea…
Did Mexican Drug Cartel Fix Horse Race Result?
Digital Vision/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The general manager of a U.S. horseracing track denied allegations Monday that the chief of Mexico’s most violent drug cartel had fixed a $1 million race so his own horse would win. According to two confidential…
US Warns of ‘Retaliation’ Against American Tourists in Mexico
ABC News(WASHINGTON) — American travelers to Mexico should beware of possible violent retaliation for this week’s arrest of alleged Zetas drug cartel associates and family members inside the U.S., the U.S. State Department has warned. Though the warni…
Drug Cartel Attacks U.S.-Owned Potato Chip Company
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(GUANAJATO, Mexico) — Mexican authorities arrested four alleged members of the Knights Templar drug cartel after a series of firebomb attacks on a potato chip company owned by the U.S. food company PepsiCo, the first attack on an…
Female Hit Squad Leader Linked to 20 Murders Arrested
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(MEXICO CITY) — Mexican police say they have arrested a female drug cartel assassin whose hit squad carried out at least 20 murders, including a hit on a policeman. Maria Jimenez, AKA La Tosca, or “The Tough One,” allegedly led a…