The indictment and court testimony highlighted beatings, kidnappings and fatal shootings that were part of the conspiracy ...

Hours after the homicide, authorities confirmed that the victim was in fact Juan Omar Borbolla Figueroa, a former leader of the violent drug cartel known as "Los Zetas." Borbolla Figueroa ...

The White House is outlining, pending a formal announcement, the first designations: La Familia Michoacana, Cárteles Unidos, ...

"El Ricky" was arrested this week. He's accused of leading several operations against law enforcement, including an attack on ...

The founder of the feared Los Zetas drugs cartel has been deported to Mexico ... Aware of the power the gang leader wielded in the area, the security forces quickly flew him to the capital ...

Osiel Cardenas founded Los Zetas as the armed wing of the Gulf Cartel, with a group of deserters from the Mexican Army special forces, Treviño would become the right-hand man of its leader ...

Juan Gerardo “N” is the nephew of the last leader of “Los Zetas”, Miguel Ángel Treviño Morales, so he also belonged to the “last letter” cartel, as he is also known. In addition, ...

A notorious Mexican drug lord who led a bloodthirsty cartel has been removed from the ... He later created the Zetas, the most vicious gang of hitmen Mexico has ever known. They routinely ...

Escamilla, 45, was the leader of a group within the feared criminal cartel Los Zetas. He was serving a 37-year sentence for organized crime, including his role in the decapitation of 12 people in ...

Los Zetas Cartel is a criminal organization in Mexico dedicated mostly to international illegal drug trade, assassinations, extortion, car theft, and other organized crime activities. This drug ...

The leader of Mexico's most brutal drug ... arrested and sentenced to 25 years in prison. By then, Los Zetas had far surpassed the Gulf Cartel in revenue, membership, and influence.

Prosecutors alleged the 11-year scheme started in 2011 and involved fixing prices of forwarding agency services operating in Los ... of cartel violence through the formation of the Zetas.