Miguel Treviño Morales

Miguel Treviño Morales
Miguel Angel Treviño Morales
Born November 18, 1970 (1970-11-18) (age 41)[1]
Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Other names 40, Z-40, L-40, Zeta 40, David Estrada-Corado, Comandante Forty, El Cuarenta, La Mona
Occupation Illegal drug trafficker, mercenary, hitman.
Employer Los Zetas
Height 5' 8"
Weight 195 lbs
Partner Heriberto Lazcano
Notes
$2 million USD reward in Mexico,[2] and $5 million USD in the U.S.A.[3]

Miguel Angel Treviño Morales (a.k.a: Z-40, 40, Zeta 40, David Estrada-Corado, Comandante Forty, El Catorce[4]) is a Mexican drug trafficker who is a commander of the drug cartel known as Los Zetas, currently led by Heriberto Lazcano. Miguel is an important figure in the Zetas, currently acting as gatekeeper of Nuevo Laredo city.[5]

Biography

Miguel Treviño is a former member of the Mexican Army’s elite Airborne Special Forces Group (GAFE), trained in locating and apprehending drug cartel members. It is believed that he was also trained at the military School of the Americas in the United States.[6][7] Also, he was trained by foreign specialists, including Americans, French, and Israelis, in rapid deployment, aerial assaults, marksmanship, ambushes, small-group tactics, intelligence collection, counter-surveillance techniques, prisoner rescues and sophisticated communications.

In the late 1990s, the Gulf Cartel, a Mexican criminal organization, recruited him and 30 other GAFE members to provide protection and perform other vital functions, thus becoming Los Zetas, the paramilitary wing of the Gulf Cartel, responsible for the smuggling of multi-ton quantities of cocaine, marijuana and heroin into the United States from Mexico annually.[8][9][10][11]

In 2008, Miguel Treviño and Heriberto Lazcano forged an alliance with the Beltrán Leyva brothers to form the most powerful and brutal cartel in Mexico today.[12][13] Government sources said the new organization, along with Beltran Leyva's, are fighting for control against 'La Federacion' (The Federation), an alliance of drug trafficking organizations led by Joaquin "el Chapo" Guzman and by Ismael Zambada García, former allies of Beltran Leyva.[14]

Miguel Treviño also acts as a cartel 'gate-keeper' and collects the 'piso' (tariff) at all drug plazas controlled by Los Zetas. He is currently in charge of the highly lucrative Nuevo Laredo plaza, across the border from Laredo, TX. He bribes and intimidates officials to help maintain control, and puts down challenges violently.[15] Treviño invokes such fear, very few local journalists dare to write about him.[16] Strangely, he is well known to Mexican law enforcement officials, yet he never appeared on the "most wanted" lists of Mexico's federal or Tamaulipas state's attorney general's offices.

With Treviño’s help, Los Zetas have taken on sideline operations that go beyond narcotics trafficking: human smuggling, extortion, and gunrunning. In November 2007, the city of Laredo, Texas issued an arrest warrant for Treviño in connection with a 2006 double homicide in Texas,[17] and the U.S. Department of Justice also released an indictment against Treviño for conspiracy to manufacture and distribute cocaine into the United States.[18][19] There is a bounty for Treviño in Mexico set at $2 million USD[2] and another one in U.S.A. set at $5 million USD.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Starr, Penny (April 14, 2009). "DEA Names Eleven 'Most Wanted' Mexican Fugitives Sought by U.S.". CNS News. http://www.cnsnews.com/Public/Content/article.aspx?RsrcID=46528. Retrieved 2009-08-15. 
  2. ^ a b "Mexico's most wanted traffickers, at $2 million". Associated Press. March 23, 2009. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hEF2DTDXyyzoKSxZMlHivEQ3JhGgD973UF7G0. Retrieved 2009-03-30. 
  3. ^ a b "DEA Fugitive: Miguel Trevino Morales". U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). 2009. http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/fugitives/houston/TREVINO-MORALES-miguel.html. Retrieved 2009-08-15. 
  4. ^ DEA site
  5. ^ http://www.amw.com/fugitives/case.cfm?id=64309 AMW Listing
  6. ^ Thompson, Ginger (September 30, 2005). "Mexico Fears Its Drug Traffickers Get Help From Guatemalans". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/30/international/americas/30mexico.html. Retrieved 2008-04-27. 
  7. ^ Laurie Freeman, State of Siege: Drug-Related Violence and Corruption in Mexico, Washington Office on Latin America, June 2006
  8. ^ Oscar Becerra, "New Traffickers Struggle for Control of Mexican Drug Trade", Jane's Intelligence Review, September 1, 2004.
  9. ^ Bunker, Robert (July 2005). Networks, Terrorism and Global Insurgency. Routledge. pp. xv. ISBN 0-41534819-6. 
  10. ^ Weak bilateral law enforcement presence at the U.S.Mexico border. Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. November 2005. ISBN 0160761921. 
  11. ^ Texas Monthly On: Texas True Crime. University of Texas Press. April 2007. pp. 44. ISBN 0-29271675-3. 
  12. ^ "Mega Cartel created in Mexico; Los Zetas becomes a new Cartel". Borderrfire Report. May 19, 2008. http://www.borderfirereport.net/foreign-news-report/mega-cartel-created-in-mexico-los-zetas-becomes-a-new-cartel.html. Retrieved 2008-11-11. [dead link]
  13. ^ Casey McCarty, Samuel Logan (January 29, 2008). "Violence on the US-Mexico Border". Sam Logan. http://www.samuellogan.com/articles/violence-on-the-US-Mexico-border.html. Retrieved 2008-11-11. 
  14. ^ "Split between drug gangs unleashes wave of violence in Mexico". Monsters and Critics. May 19, 2008. http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/americas/news/article_1406265.php/Split_between_drug_gangs_unleashes_wave_of_violence_in_Mexico. Retrieved 2008-11-11. 
  15. ^ Castillo, M. (08/18/2007). "Drug lord invokes such fear, people won't even utter his name". San Antonio News. http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/MYSA081907_19A_Cuarenta_32d1890_html36618.html. Retrieved 2008-11-11. 
  16. ^ March Lacey (2009-06-12). "In Mexican City, Drug War Ills Slip Into Shadows". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/13/world/americas/13laredo.html?pagewanted=all. 
  17. ^ Corchado, Alfredo (February 13, 2007). "Drug turf war advances into 'safest city in Mexico'". The Dallas Morning News. http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/world/stories/021307dnintmonterrey.f933dd.html. Retrieved 2008-11-11. 
  18. ^ "indictment against Treviño et al." (PDF). US District Court of Columbia. November 15, 2007. http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/pubs/pressrel/pr091708_GulfCartelIndictment.pdf. Retrieved 2008-11-11. 
  19. ^ "News from the D.E.A - Indictment Photos". The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. September 17, 2008. http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/pubs/pressrel/pr091708_photogallery.html. Retrieved 2008-11-14. 

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