Zeta's Ready for Sentencing in Laredo
They have a big case going against the Zeta's (gulf cartel paramilitary organization) over in Laredo. Some of the first defendant's to plead guilty are about to be sentenced, which is a good opportunity to recap the case:
The first round of sentences in a federal conspiracy case brought against the Zetas in Nuevo Laredo are expected to be handed down this week.
The three defendants who will appear in federal court Thursday represent the wide scope of "Operation Prophecy," an investigation targeting the Zetas that involved almost every lawenforcement agency in the Laredo area and was spearheaded by investigators from the Laredo Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration.
- Roberto Camacho
- Gustavo Fabian Chapa
- Jorge Rodriguez
considered low-level associates, pleaded guilty last year to drug possession and distribution charges and will be sentenced Thursday by U.S. District Judge Micaela Alvarez.
Camacho and Chapa worked for a Zeta hit man during the organization's war on behalf of the Gulf Cartel against factions of the Sinaloa Cartel for control of Nuevo Laredo's drug-trafficking lanes, a conflict that resulted in murders on this side of the border in 2005 and 2006.
The indictment appears to target the reported former head of the Zetas in Nuevo Laredo, Miguel "El 40" Treviño Morales, and his lieutenants.
However, Treviño is not in custody.Treviño is wanted on five state murder charges in Laredo, and a federal indictment unsealed last year in Washington D.C. charged him with drug conspiracy in a separate case that targets the top ranks of the Gulf Cartel.
So far, no high-ranking Zetas from Nuevo Laredo have been brought to court to face charges, although Treviño and other alleged Zeta leaders are named in court documents.
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