Los Zetas
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Los Zetas is a fractured Mexican criminal syndicate and designated terrorist organization, known as one of the most dangerous of Mexico's drug cartels. They are known for engaging in brutally violent
Los Zetas presence in Mexico (2020)
Los Zetas gunmen interrogating a member of the Gulf Cartel
United States Border Patrol patrolling the Rio Grande in an airboat in Laredo, Texas
Arturo Guzmán Decena
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Arturo Guzmán Decena, also known by his code name Z-1, was a Mexican Army Special Forces officer and high-ranking member of Los Zetas, a criminal group based in Tamaulipas. He defected from the milita
Los Zetas
…of State lists Tamaulipas alongside five other states in Mexico with a Level 4: Do Not Travel advisory. Los Zetas was named after its first commander, Arturo Guzmán Decena, whose Federal Judicial Police radio code was "Z1", a code given to high-ranking officers. After Osiel Cárdenas Guillén took control of the Gulf Cartel…
Arturo Guzmán Decena when he was in the Federal Judicial Police (P.J.F.)