Factbox: Key facts about Mexico's Zetas drug cartel | Reuters: "Mexican drug gangs branching out into new fields of crime are earning a steady stream of cash from the mass kidnapping of migrants, making the already arduous journey through Mexico to the United States even more lethal.
Mexico's feared Zetas cartel is raising the stakes for migrants and adding to security concerns for President Felipe Calderon's government which is embroiled in a brutal drug war.
Here are some facts about the Zetas:"
The MexicoBlog of the Americas Program, a fiscally sponsored program of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), is written by Laura Carlsen. I monitor and analyze international press on Mexico, with a focus on security, immigration, human rights and social movements for peace and justice, from a feminist perspective. And sometimes I simply muse.
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