Suspected members of the Northwest Cartel dressed as a navy wandered freely through the streets of Tamaulipas

The reason was that if they were arrested by the authorities, they would be less punished if they found only drugs, not weapons. The bodyguards being the only ones to be armed, the capos could not be accused of carrying weapons.

Osiel Cárdenas Guillen, former head of the Gulf Cartel who in 2010 was sentenced to 25 years in prison, is one of the major drug traffickers who began recruiting military bodyguards, who will be named later as "The zetas"

From there, the criminal cell has acquired a new meaning. According to the federal government He took the land of Sinaloa cartel, helped by Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán.

Like any criminal cell, some of its members have been imprisoned for drug trafficking. These characters are important because, when they left prison, they found two new criminal groups: The old school Zetas and the North West Cartel.

This last group has set up its base of operations in the City of Nuevo Laredoalthough they are also present in other states Veracruz, Tamaulipas (Ciudad Victoria), Nuevo Leon (Monterrey) and Zacatecas.

His ability to pretend to be a seaman or a federal police This was a point in favor of the killers, as they were able to "hunt" more easily against their rival groups. In addition, they avoid being identified by the government.