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November 4, 2012

Zetas Cartel Occupies Mexican State

Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times

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The aggressively expanding and gruesomely violent Zetas group dominates territory by controlling all aspects of local criminal businesses.

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TAGGED: Mexico Drug Wars, Drug War, Drugs, Zetas, Coahuila, Mexico

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