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BORDER - USA/MEXICO - Mexico Soldiers Become Cartel Hit Men
NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico -Associated Press, by OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ -June 21 2005: -- Zooming around in sport utility vehicles bristling with weapons, Mexican soldiers-turned-drug hit men have taken this border city to the brink of anarchy, infiltrating local police and threatening anyone who gets in their way... Residents and law enforcement officials say the men are the feared Zetas, former members of a military intelligence battalion sent to the border to fight drug trafficking. Instead, they joined the Gulf Cartel, one of Mexico's top drug gangs. They adopted the name Zetas - a radio code for a military commander - recruited followers and made the city of 300,000 their home base... The Zetas rule with fear, threatening police and city officials and extorting money from businesses, including restaurants, car dealerships and junkyards... While drug trafficking is nothing new to Nuevo Laredo, the Zetas took things from bad to worse. They kidnap people for ransom and charge ``fees'' to migrant smugglers and other drug traffickers. They often kill those who refuse to pay, officials say...
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