Arrested 13 Members of Los Zetas in Jalisco

Mexican authorities today seized 13 people, including two women, who allegedly made up a cell of the group of Los Zetas in the western state of Jalisco, officials said.

The suspects were arrested this morning in the town of Tlajomulco, about 15 kilometers from Guadalajara, the capital of Jalisco, following some traders complained that sought to extort money, reported the Ministry of State Security.

According to the first statements of the group leader, Alfredo “N”, detainees were recruited by a “chief zeta”, identified as “Don Jose”, which led to the town earlier this year in order to “run some criminal actions. “

In addition, Alfredo “N” stated that he received between 100 thousand and 150 thousand dollars every two weeks, which was distributed to members of the cell as payment for his services.

The Security Ministry announced that seven of those arrested are from the state of Guanajuato, four of Durango, Jalisco and two, and some of them have criminal records.

In the operation state police seized a AR-15 rifle, five handguns and two trucks with plates of Durango.

Military personnel have dismantled, in the same municipality, various laboratories for the manufacture of synthetic drugs, including an industrial type with more than 18 hectares in which were found about 20 tons of chemicals, and seized 15 tons of methamphetamine .

In this region operate the Zetas, a group that until 2010 was the armed wing of the Gulf Cartel, and Jalisco banda New Generation, created following the divisions between drug trafficking organizations after the death of Ignacio Coronel, aka “Nacho Coronel” , a leader of the powerful Sinaloa cartel.