Capture of Zetas leader unlikely to curtail violence
THE capture of the notoriously brutal Zetas leader Miguel Angel Trevino Morales is a serious blow to Mexico’s most feared drug cartel, but experts caution that taking down the group’s command structure is unlikely to diminish violence in the border states where it dominates through terror.
Trevino Morales, 40, was captured before dawn by Mexican marines who intercepted a pickup truck with $2m (€1.5m) in cash on a dirt road in the countryside outside the border city of Nuevo Laredo, which has long served as the Zetas’ base of operations.
