Zacatecas: Zetas exerting power, Zetas Beheading Video released, Extrajudicial killings of 7

by Lucio R. Borderland Beat written with material from AccesoZac, El Circo Zac, Zacatecas 3.0 

Zeta's leave decapitated head of Lizeth Ruiz in cooler

Zacatecas, becoming stronger Zetas

There is an uptick in violence in Zacatecas, as Zetas have returned with even greater force than before.

Cartel Monterrey (CDN) has been on the ground in Zacatecas supporting Los Zetas.

Beheadings are back

Beheadings and the video taping of the gruesome atrocities, have made a comeback.

After the discontinuing the practice of decapitation video publishing, the violent conflict in Zacatecas has resumed the practice.

[WARNING: Decapitation Photo on Second Page]         

The facts are confusing, Especially since mainstream media is not reporting about the decapitation video. But as it stands, with information pieced together this is what appears to have transpired.

There is a recent video, of July 17 th , that was released on social networks.

In it Zetas behead a CDG cell leader, Commander Falcon in Zacatecas, and two others shot.

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Those responsible for committing the decapitations of these three people and taping  the video, were identified from the video footage and subsequently taken from a home in Calera and "arrested" by the army.  

They were tortured and executed by SEDENA,  the bodies then dumped in Jerez

The bodies were so badly decomposed, DNA testing was necessary for identification.  Five of the bodies were returned to the families today, two are waiting for positive identification. 

The soldiers who participated in the extrajudicial execution Including colonel, Martin Perez, were arrested for the extrajudicial killings.

Such extrajudicial killings by federal forces have Become crisis and are occurring on a regularly basis. 

Even after being identified in video, relatives of the seven claimed that their relatives, the alleged gunmen, were laborers. CNDH had intervened in the case to support the families of the 7 "laborers".

Another beheading was publicized by Zetas, that of a young woman named Lizeth Ruiz, who was taken in the Guadalupe area of the Capital and found beheaded.   Her head was discovered in a cooler.   The writings on the cooler indicate she was connected to CDG.

Monterrey

In Monterrey,  Narco Blankets were hung signed by CDN and Zetas, and in the municipalities and Rancherias, (small, rural Communities) towards the Tamaulipas  city of Reynosa. 

The messages say they are going to clean up the plaza and that Monterrey is the territory of Los Zetas and CDN.

CJNG is said to be present in Zacatecas, Which has contributed to the instability in the state.