Security & Strategic Review - October 2012 (ISSN 1741-4202)

MEXICO: Zetas also decapitated; uncertain future

Mexico by LatinNews 09 November 2012 Modified: 16 November 2012 10519 views

The ‘decapitation’ of the Gulf cartel has been followed by that of Los Zetas. This has left the Sinaloa/Pacífico cartel as the last big one still standing. It has also triggered a wave of speculation about what will happen next within the Zetas structure and, by extension, what will happen in the broader universe of the drugs trade and organised crime that President-elect Enrique Peña Nieto will be facing when he takes office on 1 December.

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