Brutal Leader Of A Mexican Drug Gang Captured By Marines

Notorious Miguel Angel Treviño Morales, 40, was seized along with £1.3million in cash by Mexican marines as he drove in a pickup truck close to his home town.

A marine helicopter helped seize the bloodthirsty Los Zetas gangster, along with a bodyguard, accountant and eight guns near his border city base of Nuevo Laredo.

Treviño, "aka Z-40," was the leader of Los Zetas - Mexico's most feared drug gang which started out as a group of special forces deserters who formed their own cartel in 2010.

He is personally wanted for the kidnap and slaughter of 260 migrants and is held responsible for large-scale drug trafficking into the United States.

Though Los Zetas have long been known for their violence, especially after their suspected 2010 massacre of 72 migrants who refused to mule their drugs, two incidents got the attention of U.S. and Mexican authorities.

Stories about Trevino's brutality became well-known among Nuevo Laredo citizens who were terrified of angering the Zetas boss. Treviño had a reputation for punishing his foes with "guisos," Spanish for "cookouts" and the term used for burning someone alive.

[Picture above] Los Zetas gunmen shot dead five people in Apodaca in 2010. Four of the bodies had a message pinned to their chest with an ice pick as a warning to collaborators of a rival drug cartel. One of the messages read, 'This is going to happen to every civilian and policemen that collaborates with the Gulf Cartel'. it was signed Z, referring to Los Zetas cartel
 

With the Zetas, it isn't about murder or torture. It's about making a statement. That statement resounds so effectively that non-Zetas, members of other cartels, dress like the group and claim to be them simply to instill fear.

 

 

Trevino’s arrest will be seen as a huge victory for new Mexican president Enrique Pena Nieto who promised to curb kidnapping, extortion and murder. The Mexican government called a news conference to announce the high-profile capture which took place in the early hours of Monday.

A spokesman said marines had been scouring the countryside close to the United States’ Texas border for signs of Trevino who is charged with murder, kidnap and a host of other crimes.

His seizure comes nine months after security forces killed Heriberto Lazcano, the Zetas former leader, along with other high-ranking members. Expert Alejandro Hope, a former member of Mexico's domestic intelligence service, says Trevino's arrest is another step towards the destruction of the Zetas as an organization.

He said: "This man was particularly brutal. Some of the worst acts of violence can be directly or indirectly attributed to him."

"Los Zetas is a powerful brand," Hope said. "It is identified with extreme violence. It is identified with a complete absence of scruples."

The Zetas have been linked to hundreds of murders and are responsible for a range of criminal activities including drug dealing, extortion and human trafficking.

World's Most Notorious Gangsters

1. Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman After Osama bin Laden’s death, the head of the Mexican Sinaloa cartel became the world’s most wanted. Reports claim he was killed this year but may still be at large.

2. The Adams family UK-based crime syndicate has been linked to 25 murders, and is said to be involved in drugs, extortion and fraud.

3. Vicente Carrillo Fuentes Billionaire boss of the Mexican Juarez drugs cartel, which has a reputation for mutilating its enemies.

4. Diego Perez Henao Arrested leader of the Los Rastrojos Cartel, ­Colombia’s biggest drugs supplier.

5. Daut Kadriovski A ­godfather of the torturous Albanian mafia. Kadriovski is wanted in 12 EU countries.

6. Semion Mogilevich Believed to be the head of the Russian mafia. The FBI calls the Ukrainian “the world’s most dangerous mobster”.

7. Domenico Condello Head of the ‘Ndrangheta, which controls 3% of Italy’s economy through its illegal operations.

8. Kenichi Shinoda Runs Japan’s Sixth Yamaguchi-gumi yakuza syndicate, making billions from gambling, sex, guns and drugs.

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