http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2013/12/mayo-zambadas-sicario-chief-el-macho.html

Idk if any1keeps up on the cartel stuff but its pretty dam interesting.this was 1of el chapo and mayo zambadas top guys/killers.the sinaloa cartel is at war with a few others(la linea,barrio azteca,blo to name a few)and have taken some losses the last few weeks.a guy known as r5 the leader of gente nueve i beleive was killed stuff goin on down there.the guy killed was macho prieto and he controlled mexicali for sinaloa n i believe its been1of the calmer places.thatll change now

I just started reading the book on the Zetas, will place my input once done!

They are brutal. There also fighting dam near every other cartel.they were run out if michoacana by the templarios.....apparently macho prietos body disappeared before the authorities could get it.seems to happen to these powerful narcos after there killed

Los Zetas, holy shit I wish I never started reading this book.

I had always thought these were a bunch of coked out Mexican drug runners but good LORD!!! The organizational structure that Los Zetas possesses is EFFING RIDICULOUS!!! They seriously rival LCN and one can make a strong argument that they are just as sophisticated. Aside from the drugs they control every racket under the sun within their territory.

Huge parties like companies have that people like me and you work at (while giving away Rolex's and Mercedes) infiltration of ALL legitimate business.

They pay the families of dead Zetas around 1K every two weeks (talking US Dollars) to compensate their loved ones loss of life.


Then to find out that most of the brutal crimes conducted are in no way affiliated with Los Zetas but are carried out by "wannabe" Zetas and the actual Zetas have started a new wing that goes out and clips these wanna be gangsters for using their name.

In this day and age Los Zetas are WAYY more legit than LCN. And that coming from my mouth means something because I always thought these guys were Mexican LCN wannabes.

They zetas have tracked and killed internet bloggers and reporters.id have to say they mite be more sophisticated then the American lcn.theycwere started by mexican army special forces who were trained by the u.s.a among other countries.ive never understood y more people dnt talk about the cartels on here.theres something goin on every day with em

Which book on the Zetas would you guys be talking about?

I am about half way through "El Narco: The Bloody Rise of Mexican Drug Cartels" which I believe is very good so far,it's a more general look at drug trafficking in Mexico. (first Cartel book I've read).

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0060VB48A/ref=oh_d__o03_details_o03__i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I'm currently reading:

"The Executioner's Men: Los Zetas, Rogue Soldiers, Criminal Ertrepreneurs, and the Shadow State They Created"

Pretty informative on their rise to power and everything they have infiltrated.