Zetas are Mexico`s `largest cartel`, study says
Baku, January 25 (AZERTAC). The Zetas cartel has become the largest drug gang in Mexico, overtaking its bitter rival, the Sinaloa cartel, a new report suggests.
The report by US security firm Stratfor says the Zetas now operate in more than half of all Mexican states.
Stratfor says the Zetas` brutal violence seems to have given the gang an advantage over the Sinaloa cartel, which prefers to bribe people.
Since 2007, 47,500 people have died in drug-related violence in Mexico.
The report says that drug-related violence in Mexico has persisted, despite the government`s efforts to fight the cartels.
The report`s authors say the violence has shifted, abating in some cities while worsening in others.
It lists the cities of Veracruz, Monterrey, Matamoros and Durango as examples of places where violence has increased, while murders in Ciudad Juarez have dropped, although the city remains the most violent in Mexico.
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