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Monday, October 16, 2017

Mexico Prison Massacre Linked to Zetas Takeover Allegations

Posted by El Profe for Borderland Beat from InsightCrime
See 17 Dead in Cadereyta Prison

                   At least 13 died in rioting at Cadereyta prison
Written by James Bargent

At least 13 people have died in a prison mutiny in north Mexico that some witnesses claim was a backlash against an attempted takeover of the prison by the Zetas, highlighting the criminal control and corruption that are pervasive in the penal system.

Trouble at Cadereyta prison in the state of Nuevo Leon erupted when inmates took three guards hostage on October 10, reported AFP.


The situation deteriorated into rioting, with around 250 inmates burning rubbish and mattresses and taking to the prison roof with banners denouncing alleged links between prison director Edgardo Aguilar Aranda and organized crime group the Zetas, reported EFE.

Authorities confirmed that at least 13 inmates died in the clashes, with at least 8 more injured, two of them police officers. However, other reports suggest the number of injured stands at least as high as 25, while the number of dead could also rise.

The authorities responded by sending in 60 police patrols to restore order and state Interior Secretary Manuel González Flores to negotiate with the inmates, according to EFE.

Gonzalez told media that the rioting broke out over prison conditions. However, family members of the inmates say prisoners took action over a plan by the prison director to bring in Zetas members to assert control over the prison, a claim supported by a banner strewn across a wall declaring "We don't want a Z director," stated AFP.

According to EFE's report, the prisoners behind the violence were connected to the Zetas' former parent organization and long-time enemies the Gulf Cartel.

The incident is the second deadly prison riot of the year in Cadereyta, with four dying in disturbances in March.

InSight Crime Analysis

Mexico's prison system, like many in the region, is underfunded and overpopulated, a situation that has led to prisoners themselves controlling the insides of up to 60 percent of institutions, according to some experts.

When prisoner rule is combined with rampant corruption, the conditions are ripe for organized crime to assert dominance, extorting inmates and controlling the flows of contraband.

The Zetas in particular have proven adept at setting up internal criminal networks within prisons, most notably in the case of a penitentiary in the state of Coahuila, Piedras Negras. Investigations have revealed how the Zetas allegedly turned the prison into a base of operations. They used it to dispose of the corpses of an estimated 150 victims, and broke out over 130 inmates. They also manufactured uniforms, bulletproof vests, and modified cars inside the prison to hide drugs and weapons, all in complicity with state authorities.

In another case, prison authorities at Gómez Palacio prison in Durango allegedly allowed Zetas inmates out of prison to carry out murders, including the massacre of 17 people in 2010.

Former inmates speaking to Vice earlier this year detailed how Cadereyta has not previously been subjected to organized crime rule. However, following the protests in March, which were reportedly against new security measures, it is easy to see how striking a deal with the Zetas would be a tempting proposition for the prison director, allowing the authorities to bring new levels of control over unruly inmates, as well as providing riches to the corrupt officials that facilitate their activities.

33 comments:

  1. The Zetas cartel has had a weakening structure since the top brass has been imprisoned or killed , the restructuring of the current organization has took it from the streets to the inside penitentiary, A playbook borrowed from the Mexican mafia who has a strong allegiance with the Zetas in the California department of corrections. It is widely accepted that if you control the inside you control the outside and the Zetas are making a play for the inside of Mexico's prison institutions - THE REAL SOL PRENDIDO

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    1. Zetas in california? Lol wrong. Everything you said is wrong

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    2. Z en California, the mexican mafia working with them, controlling the inside?
      What are u smoking, or watching to many movies.
      Sol fusible fundido-

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    3. 1:06 what Chole means is that the pinchs zetas are tryin to take over control of prisons in mexico the way the eMe does on the US, AND Chole is righ, but it happened before, only takeoversion were more "local" until the New Mexico state Prison riot in Santa Fe, since then gangs got real bold in their approach to business, IN CAHOOTS WITH STATE PRISON WARDENS, "curiously" soon afterthat, private prisons started to get a Lotta business, and subcontracts, and they keep trying for more every minute, the idea is that the state is there just to give juicy contracts to their private investing corporate welfare queens lambegüebos who create the criminals early as possible from pre-school and "magnet institutions".

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    4. You say the dumbest stuff Sol Prendido.
      Zetas don’t have strong influence in Cali.

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    5. @1:06 you honestly think that there aren't Eastern Mexicans in the California penal system?

      Think again...

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    6. La eme son puro joto alv.

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    7. ESTA PERO BIEN PENDEJO AINT NO HOMIES CLICKED UP WITH NO ZETAS

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    8. Zs are in cali,all over!
      El sol prendildo

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    9. All of you poor children are so uninformed a simple Google search turns up dozens of cases where zeta members were sentenced to state and federal prisons all across California , just in orange county Look up Los alamitos race horse tied to zetas and you may learn something . Clearly none of you have any idea how the U.S. prison system works but inside drugs are king and if you are cartel connected you will have an ability to get drugs and the eme has the ability to get them in. - THE REAL SOL PRENDIDO

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    10. Name some zetas in califa, Chole,
      not that I don't beleeve you,
      just for these incredibly deplorabies,
      Names make it count.

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    11. 7:19 there might be paísas from los z (2 or 4 my cousin just got out and said he saw some paísas from the templarios but no zetas) like there is a ton of países from cds in cali, guess what they all get taxed by la M. La M only has a "strong allience" with the Brand. So don-t skip your NA meetings, remember one day at a time soledad or salome.


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    12. As I said before , when you know it alls actually understand how the U.S. prison system works then maybe you may have some factual input , @6:57 what a coincidence that your cousin "just got out" here's proof so you fools can keep getting schooled http://www.presstelegram.com/general-news/20140320/cross-border-gangs-mexican-drug-cartels-gaining-hold-on-california-report-says

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  2. Zetas are like roaches, you can't never get rid of them.

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    1. they started as an elite team but evolved to being the bottom of the barrel, human garbage.

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    2. As the great kanfu champ Confiusions said about the setas:
      The cream always rises,
      And the shit always sinks,

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    3. That a street seller of oranges can rise to the top and stay there for about 40 years, but elite melitary like the GAFES CAN ONLY SINK TO THE BOTTOM IN LESS THAN 15 YEARS speakes volumes, the mexican government is shit and their melitary eats it by the tons, the polesias eat the left overs.

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  3. This is why none of the big dawgs want to be extradited to the US. Unless they are a snitch or plan to snitch, then they run to the arms of the DEA and American prosecutors. What a shit show Mexico is! In Mexico, is it even considered snitching when someone in the cartel works with Mexican police forces? In the US, if you work with the cops you are considered no good by other real criminals. In Mex though, it seems to be par for the course for everyone to bribe and work with LE. So how do cartel members look at it? Sapo, oh no?

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    1. Who posts this kind of shit lol. Someone is thinking like an instect. Read a book or two man.

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    3. 1248 I’m sure this guy has never read a book lol

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    4. @9:02 dumbest shit i have ever read on hear REAL GANGSTERS have and deal with all types of GOVERMENT OFFICIALS thats a FACT alliances between law enforcement and gangsters goes way back to the 1900's since the days of the American mob notice how i said REAL GANGSTERS not two bit hustlers selling ounces and mugging old ladys

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  4. 9:02-That's a good question? If the cartels work for the cops it could be good or could be bad depending on which side of the fence the cops are.If a criminal does work with the cops to apphrehend their own well would their own even think it was in a bad way for them or could the criminal that works with the cops pull the wool over everyone's eyes the criminal works with and no 1 would be the wiser?

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    1. The innocent do not k oe thatexican cops "do not have a relationship with that woman" DIPLOMACY
      Diplomacy helps for deposits d
      Getting into sbl companies for laundering, on the Cayman. Islands, barbados, bermuda, martinicas, and other tax sbterm paradjses, dirty cops are just another level of payasos above the mexican certels.

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    2. 7:52 the innocent do not know that the mexican cops "do not have a relationship with that woman" DIPLOMACY.
      Diplomacy helps for deposits getting into offshore companies for laundering on the Cayman Islands, bermudas, barbados, martinicas and other tax shelter paradises.
      Dirty cops are just another level of payasos above the mexican cartels.

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  5. How the hell do they make those fires, are they allowed to smoke inside?

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    1. You should be a comedian. LMAO. Are they allowed to smoke? Come on, man, that's hilarious.

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    2. @3:41 You just read an article detailing how the Z used prisons to murder hundreds and manufacture war materiel, and your question is whether the inmates can get a lighter?

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  6. Only in Russia do the guards run the prisons. Even in the US, the inmates are in charge. That is a fact. I served 6 months in a US prison. Guards were basically handed their paychecks by the inmates.

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    1. You are right about Russia that's what is needed in mx but in the us where did you serve 6 months CCA or GEo before you were deported because the majority of CO jails or TDC prisons or federal don't put up with bullshit especially disrespecting officers.

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    2. Bro six months in county ain't the pin and that's hardly enough time for you to get the down low on what goes on between guards and the big homies

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    3. Haha @6:11 do you have any idea how corrupt Russia is? Makes America look clean. No way the guards are truly in control at any prison. Just like the old adage goes; the prisoners are in control because they LIVE there.

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  7. Tetaz still around?

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