Courtney Gaston
Blog #6
For several years Mexico City has struggled with drug gangs
running the streets and terrorizing citizens and authority. The boss of the
notorious drug cartel, the Zetas or Z-3, was killed this week. Heriberto Lazcano was originally apart of
Mexico’s military before switching sides to join the criminals and then became
one of the most feared and biggest kingpin. The Zetas grew into a feared
organization that had more than 10,000 gunmen. Heriberto was killed in a gunfight
with the Mexico navy but hours after his death a group of armed men took his
body from a funeral home that his body was transported to. Mexico military has
had difficulty capturing and killing Heriberto because of his expert intelligence
and low-key profile. In 2007, Heriberto was mistakenly reported killed by
military but later was reported the military had not killed him. With the
military killing this notorious kingpin the fight with drug cartels is far from
over. Heribertos followers will probably react to his death in rage and retaliate
against the Mexico government. Mexico can expect many more killings and riots
in the city in honor of the fallen leader. In many organized crimes such as
drug cartels, the organizational structure is carefully planned out and there
are always next in line authorities in place in case some such as this happens.
The Zetas will continue drug trade in Mexico but it will probably be easier for
government and military to continue to break down this organization since the
leader has fallen.
http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/10/14342659-slain-mexican-zetas-kingpin-deserted-army-led-deadly-drug-gang?
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