Los zetas cartel biography books
Los zetas!
Los Zetas
Mexican criminal syndicate
Criminal organization
Los Zetas | |
| Founded by | Osiel Cárdenas Guillén,[1] Arturo Guzmán Decena |
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| Founding location | Tamaulipas |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Territory | Mexico: 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: South America: Balkans, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, European Union, Norway, Switzerland and Liechtenstein |
| Ethnicity | Multi-ethnic, but mainly Mexican and Latino |
| Membership (est.) | 20,000–50,000 |
| Leader(s) | Maxiley Barahona Nadales |
| Criminal activities | Drug trafficking, human trafficking, arms trafficking, murder, rape, kidnap
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