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Zetas

Crime World

An American Drug Lord in Acapulco

How a middle-class jock from a Texas border town became La Barbie, one of the most ruthless and feared cartel leaders in Mexico.

Mary Cuddehe, Vanessa Grigoriadis Rolling Stone Sep 2011 25min Permalink

Crime World

Vanished

Seventeen-year-old Israel Arenas Durán disappeared after being arrested near his home in Nuevo León. He is one of more than 25,000 who have gone missing in Mexico since 2006.

Nik Steinberg Foreign Policy Jan 2014 20min Permalink

Crime Sports

Bloodlines

How the heir to a horse racing empire became an informant on the Zetas cartel as they pushed their money laundering operations into the lucrative quarter horse trade.

Melissa Del Bosque, Jazmine Ulloa Texas Observer Aug 2013 20min Permalink