SOC SCI 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Los Zetas, Santa Muerte, North American Free Trade Agreement

• School: UC-Irvine
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOC SCI 120
• Professor: Al Valdez

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02/29/2016 (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Mexican and central american gangs = rated r. Los zetas are a really brutal gang; they have military grade weapons (grenades, grenade launchers, assault rifles); they have so much money, they won"t run out. Zetas first objective is to kill (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Laredo and nuevo laredo world trade bridge (nafta) Zeta name taken from tactical call sign mexican army special. Multiple victims in their murders are their signature moves. Los zetas have been at war with their chief rival, the sinaloa cartel. Los zetas is a militia type rogue army gang that operates in. I-35 corridor is the main line into the us interstate system from. Laredo to duluth minnesota; holy grail for drug traffickers; the most lucrative narcotic zone in the world (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Hired mexican army combatants who became known as los zetas to go to war with the sinaloa cartel.