Teams of gunmen attacked a U.S. consular building, a Mexican military base, and other buildings in a border city near Texas following the rumored arrest of a leader with the Cartel Del Noreste (CDN) faction of Los Zetas Cartel.
The CDN hold Nuevo Laredo under an iron grip with extreme influence over local politicians and news outlets. They are responsible for hundreds of kidnappings along the highway connecting Nuevo Laredo and Monterrey. Additionally, the criminal organization uses mass graves and incineration sites to dispose of victims. The cartel also wages fierce turf wars in Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon to take control of new smuggling and distribution territories.
The leader of the CDN-Los Zetas had three outstanding warrants: one from Tamaulipas for extortion and organized criminal activity; one from Coahuila for murder and terrorism; and, a federal one requesting his extradition to the U.S. for drug trafficking. Ildefonso Ortiz is an award-winning journalist with Breitbart Texas. He co-founded Breitbart Texas’ Cartel Chronicles project with Brandon Darby and senior Breitbart management. You can follow him on
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