The former cartel leader founded the Zetas n 1997 using Mexican special forces members, according to Britannica. They were the paramilitary wing of the Gulf Cartel for a time before breaking away ...

Experts warn that cartels have infiltrated the United States as a suspected Mexican cartel leader has been extradited to the ...

The Gulf Cartel was in the midst of a violent turf war when Cárdenas Guillén took over as its leader in 1999. For his protection, Cárdenas Guillén hired a bodyguard (retired Army lieutenant ...

affiliated to the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia. After his criminal advance, he became the chief and commander of the Gulf Clan or Clan Úsuga. After the fall of the great heads of the ...

A national poll showed two thirds of respondents believe drug lords and mobsters are more powerful than government after the gun battles forced an army retreat. Mexico sent in special forces ...