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    Los Zetas

    Mexican criminal syndicate

    Criminal organization

      Los Zetas

    Founded byOsiel Cárdenas Guillén,[1]
    Arturo Guzmán Decena
    Founding locationTamaulipas
    Years active1997–present
    TerritoryMexico:
    Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon, Coahuila, Veracruz, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatán, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosí, Chiapas, Puebla, Tlaxcala, Hidalgo, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Guanajuato, Zacatecas, Aguascalientes, Michoacán, State of México

    Rest of North America:
    United States, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua

    South America:
    Colombia, Peru, Panama, and Venezuela[2]

    Europe:
    Balkans, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, European Union, Norway, Switzerland and Liechtenstein
    EthnicityMulti-ethnic, but mainly Mexican and Latino
    Membership (est.)20,000–50,000
    Leader(s)Maxiley Barahona Nadales
    Criminal activitiesDrug trafficking, human trafficking, arms trafficking, murder, rape, kidnap