Los Zetas Cartel Leaders Plead Not Guilty To Drug Trafficking Charges As They Face Death Penalty In The U.S.
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‘It was hard for them to walk’: Zetas leaders plead not guilty in the US; so was their first hearing
U.S. officials foresee a 'complex' trial for 'El Z40' and 'El Z42', leaders of the Los Zetas Cartel, after being extradited from Mexico.


L deres de Los Zetas Miguel ngel and Omar Trevi or Morales, alias 'Z-40' and 'Z-42', pleaded not guilty in a Washington, D.C., court.
The leaders of the Los Zetas cartel, the Miguel brothers and Omar Treviño Morales, have been charged with drug trafficking, money laundering, "conspiracy of murder" and illegal use of weapons when they appear before a court in the United States this Friday, according to judicial documents, Miguel Treviño Morales, also known as Z-40, 52, and Omar Treviño Morales, 48-year-old alias Z-42, "rised to the highest level of leadership in Los Zetas, a vi…
Eleazar Medina Rojas, alias “El Chelelo,” alleged leader of the criminal group “La Compañía” - which worked for the Gulf Cartel (CDG) and with Los Zetas, in the state of Nuevo León - pleaded guilty, on March 14, 2025, in the United States, in the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia, in Washington D.C., to conspiring to manufacture and distribute large quantities of cocaine and… Source
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