The Gulf Cartel uses similar names or nicknames but operate or are organized differently. They call their members "estacas" too but their "estacas" take more of a administration role rather than enforcer role. Their members only care about controlling the drug houses/drug distribution and not the territory or the street gangs/neighborhoods themselves. Their member aren't as "hardcore" compared to Los Zetas but can be as violent as Los Zetas. Most of or if not all of their bosses are in either Matamoros or Reynosa and from there most of the shots are coming from. They don't have "plaza bosses" or town bosses like the Los Zetas do but they do use the same slang. Their plaza bosses are more of national lieutants rather than some mere cell leaders. They care about controlling the drug routes into the U.S rather than territory.