Zetas cartel finally has a Colombia connection

[Judi Lynn]

Zetas cartel finally has a Colombia connection
Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Making the type connections that could directly deliver such loads has long been seen as a problem for the Zetas, forcing the organization to rely on traditional organized crime activities such as extortion, kidnapping, etc. to make money. The Zetas have been synonymous with all manner of mayhem in order to make money.

When the Zetas – who were originally muscle for the Gulf Cartel - broke away on their own, they had plenty of muscle and viciousness, but lacked the connections to bring loads in on their own.

A ranking member of the Zetas confirmed as much to authorities when he was arrested last year, as noted in In Sight Crime by Dudley Althaus.

Since breaking with their Gulf paymasters in 2010, they have tried to become more active in drug smuggling. It has not been easy. Upon his capture 18 months ago, top Zeta boss Jesus Enrique Rejon, alias “El Mamito,” told interrogators that the gang still lacked solid contacts with Colombian cocaine suppliers, forcing them to use middlemen in Guatemala and Honduras. US officials have confirmed that the Zetas have lacked a good supply line for the Colombian powder.

More:
http://blog.chron.com/narcoconfidential/2013/01/zetas-cartel-finally-has-a-colombia-connection/

[naaman fletcher]

1. Pretty grim news for the middlemen

I suspect they are not long for this world