An indictment unsealed on Wednesday in the District of Columbia has charged leaders of the Cartel del Noreste (CDN), a successor to the notorious Los Zetas cartel, with a range of offenses.
The indictment specifically targets Miguel Trevino Morales, 51, known as “Z-40,” and his brother Omar Trevino Morales, 48, known as “Z-42,” and accuses them of continuing to run their criminal enterprise from within Mexican prisons following their arrests in 2013 and 2015, respectively.
The charges include drug trafficking, firearms violations, and international money laundering.
According to the indictment, the Trevino Morales brothers assumed control of Los Zetas, originally a military wing of the Gulf Cartel, following the 2012 death of its previous leader, Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano….