Are we supposed to post photos for all Zeta threads?
Posted on 06/11/2007 11:22:10 AM PDT by anymouse
Zetas grow into paramilitary group now hitting Mexico's casinos
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The Zetas, created by a group of highly trained military deserters to work as enforcers for the Gulf drug cartel, have become so powerful that their old handlers are quickly losing control, authorities said.
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"Now they want to control the nation's drug routes and along the way topple the traditional cartel leaders," said Mr. Benitez. "We're witnessing a classic coup under way."
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Working with brutal Central American gangs and former death squads from Guatemala known as Kaibiles, the Zetas have morphed into a 2,000-member paramilitary organization operating in most of Mexico, including the Federal District, Mexico City, according to U.S. law enforcement officials and academic experts who monitor the group.
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"The Gulf cartel created the lion, but now the lion has wised up and controls the handler," said the U.S. law enforcement official, on condition of anonymity. "This has resulted in the lion roaming free and leaving a bloody trail of chaos. The Zetas don't ask the Gulf cartel permission for anything anymore.
Elements of the Zetas have been operating in U.S. cities as well, including Dallas, where hits have been ordered for at least three years now, according to a 2005 U.S. Justice Department memo.
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The Zetas' strategy is to gain control of distribution routes into the U.S. by controlling border entry points and transshipment points, U.S. and Mexican authorities said.
In recent months, a shadowy new group known as La Gente Nueva, or "the new people," has entered the scene. La Gente Nueva, according to both U.S. and Mexican authorities, represents an effort to counter the Zetas' growing reach.
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Maybe these are the guys Bush is reporting to.
They, we, need to declare war on the Zetas before its too late, if its not too late. They need to be hunted to extinction.
That, and we need a moral reawakening on our side of the border. Its american drug habits that are financing these gangs.
Whatever it takes to “Get More” CZJ pics...
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Well naturally. Everything IS America's fault, isn't it?
The Kaibiles can be a very nasty bunch, and the renegades only more so. Google them to read about the massacres of civilians
Will the super deluxe highway through the middle of the USA be safe from these wicked mexicans?
Just say NO to Amnesty!! Keep calling!! It’s NOT OVER!!
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“They, we, need to declare war on the Zetas before its too late, if its not too late.”
You mean before We start calling them *insurgents*?
Sorta like the old Roman palace guards who became the arbiters of who became the Emperor.
Who Guards the Guardians? (Horace)
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