The United States government is formally designating eight Latin American organized crime groups that also operate in the U.S. to be “foreign terrorist organizations.” ...
A former leader of the Gulf Cartel, he created the Zetas, a spin-off criminal gang filled with former military operatives that became known for engaging in torture, beheadings and indiscriminate ...
He created the most bloodthirsty gang of hitmen Mexico has ever known, the Zetas, which routinely slaughtered migrants and innocent people. Cárdenas Guillén was sentenced to 25 years in prison ...
Two suspected former leaders of the hyper-violent Zetas gang were also included in the group - Miguel Angel Trevino Morales, known as Z-40, and Oscar Omar Trevino Morales, known as Z-42.