The Los Zetas Cartel changed the game in the Mexican War on Drugs. From the mid-2000s, they introduced an unprecedented level of violence – paramilitary-style executions, beheadings, bodies hung from bridges.
But this was not simply psychopathic violence. These were special forces soldiers from the Mexican military – who had received specialized training from the US Army – who had defected, and used their training to become the most feared drugs cartel in Central America.
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Ya and obama gave them weapons along with the cia!!!
IF AMERICANS DONT BUY THE ILLEGAL DRUGS SURLY THE DRUG TRADE WILL COLLAPSE AND BE REPLACED BY FRUITS OR FOODS. AMERICA THE GREAT SATAN IS THE MAIN BUYER AND THE CAUSE OF ILLEGAL DRUGS TRADE AND MURDERS,. MANY OF THEM WILL END IN HELL.
THE FEAR OF GOD IS THE BEGINING OF WISDOM. PROBLEM IS THESE CRIMINALS ONLY FEAR DEATH NOT GOD. IN THE END THEY ALL END UP IN HELL.
Imagine the cartel throwing you into a crocodile pit, ouch.
So sad
OMG, mexico looks terrible even without the orange filter.
Its almost like mexico is full of barbaric behavior…
Another US project…
Gracias, Carnales. Quite interesting reports, educational.
Too bad they can’t be stopped the government is the cartel at this point
Wasn't ISIS supposedly trained in Los Angeles as well???
VICE please make a documentary of DEA cartel .
Thanks to the USA, giving the Cartels all they need to do this type of stuff, guns and training.
Wasn’t la Barbie also fighting the zetas off around the timeline of 2009?
I wanna go mehico and join some strong cartel
USA made these cartel
Someone has to tell America that Cartels have Oil so they can give them Freedom
The cia and mossad are working with the cartels. They supply them. They are the ones behind everything. Just look up Pegasus spyware, used by criminal groups around the world. It's not a surprise.
Hard to watch the reality of this. Checking out, can’t watch it
Los Zetas had like 1 spot in the United states. Sinaloas cartel is like all over every state of the US. I take the US as the hardest to get drugs by as we have the most money to fight it.
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If only trump would have sent troops down there and ended all of those criminals
Thank God for Trump.
The report its not accurate Miguel Angel trevińo aka Z40 is the brother on the guy you showed on the clip, the guy on the clip Z42 took over after his brother was arrested
Awesome video i just wanted to point out for accuracy purposes
Los Zetas, Osama, two sides of the same coin……Trained by one master whom they ended up rebelling against.
Kinda sad how my dads uncle got held for ransom and died
Cjng are actually worst smh
I mean thats how Mexico is from the start
Vice hardly post a true news since 99% of it are completely fake, but this time, it was telling the truth.
Local cartels = local Mexicans
Mexico will rot… no future and doesn't deserve business.
Cartels makes terrorist, the mafia, or gangsters look like child’s play. These guys absolutely terrify me 😅.
If there were a country that would start WW3 it would probably be Mexico. There's a reason people choose just street gangs for war because matching the countries Military will cause an inevitable chaos that needs to be supressed. Who's gonna match a Cartel with the same military power as a country? Another country.
They started as the strong arm for the Gulf cartel. The Gulf cartel recruited ex army personnel as experienced soldiers. Eventually the Zetas started there own cartel and took over Nuevo Loredo, a major arterial highway from Mexico to the USA. Much of this is common knowledge. Vice has become a joke as of late.
I think some societies need to be ruled with an iron fist. America needs to realize not ever society is primed for democracy and everything that entails. Democracy doesnt work in the middle east. They need strongmen ruling them. Mexico may be the same. The mexican president is irrelevant.
How come cartels dont fight over routes in order to smuggle alcohol into america?
Vice has reporters that all think the same. No differing viewpoints. America bad. Socialism good
They should bomb mexico
Mexico’s government is unable to take out these dealers because politicians take bribes from the cartels.
mexican
You just hate America 😂
I heard the American military has a bit of free time these days, maybe they can help.
Look up operation fast and furious , the us has so much blood on there hands
Send in the Taliban.
Most sad thing about these is that you know you're helpless and can't do anything about it. Also you know US is responsible for most of the messed up situation in the world rn but again can't do anything about it. Just live your own life and die.
These dudes wouldn’t last a day against African warlords
Zetas, CJNG etc. US has cruel and effective private armies on the southern frontier. Something like islamic state, but with another ideology.
good video but America<— is Mexico and Canada. Next time replace America with U.S….. you humans stop sounding so stupid… I live in America…. Okay what part of America? Mexico? Canada? Brazil? Peru? Argentina? where in America? Oh you Mean the United states of <– of <– of<– America. We have a U.S Presidents not American, We have a U.S Military not American Military, We have a U.S Olympic team not American team…. sorry for the Rant! good video but fuck…