How the Feds took down cartel's racing empire

[dellinger63]

The others were former traffickers who'd worked the Zetas' supply chain between Piedras Negras and Dallas. They were all looking for a deal — a reduction of sentence, usually, though one trafficker, who admitted moving five tons of cocaine a year, avoided prosecution altogether.

Such a deal

Side note Zapata was not the first DEA agent to be killed in Mexico. Enrique Camarena was tortured and killed in, I think, '85 or '86.

Thanks for the heads up on the story.

[mclem0822]

Very good piece. Respect the patience these agents have for these lengthy undercover operations. Thanks Ateam.

[casp0555]

Great post Joey....what a story and I've noiced that naming before

"What had started with one horse had evolved into an operation that by the feds' count included as many as 500, spread across stables in Texas, New Mexico, California and Oklahoma. (By coincidence, many of their names included the word "cartel," which is common in horse racing."