Z-40 denies challenging the Mexican government.

Through at least 10 "narco" banners hung from pedestrian overpasses throughout the city of Nuevo Laredo early Monday morning, Los Zetas distanced themselves from messages hung last week in the same city that directly challenged the power of the Mexican and U.S. governments.

(see: http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2011/12/z-40s-challenge-to-mexico.html)

Written as a personal message from Miguel Angel Trevino Morales, a Nuevo Laredo native with a reputation for extreme violence and alleged second in command of the Zetas criminal organization, the banners reject any connection to last week's messages and state that they have no wish to govern Mexico or maintain a political regime, and deny being terrorists or guerrillas.

The messages also denied any involvement in an Iranian Revolutionary Guard plot to murder the Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the U.S. using Zeta operatives and claimed that Los Zetas are against terrorism.

An Iranian-American and a high level Revolutionary Guard official were charged last October by the U.S. Justice Department with conspiracy to assassinate the Ambassador.

The banners ended with a claim that the men who set fire to the casino in Monterrey that resulted in 52 deaths acted on their own and were not under any orders from superiors.

The messages ended with Los Zetas stressing their respect for the Mexican Government.

Original text of the banners:

A QUIEN CORRESPONDA

Respecto a la manta sobre mi persona MIGUEL ANGEL TREVIÑO MORALES, que reta al gobierno Mexicano y a todas las autoridades y agencias federales de los 2 países. Les aclaro que esa manta No la mande a poner yo, para empezar. Nosotros no gobernamos el país, tampoco tenemos un régimen, no somos terroristas ni guerrilleros. Nosotros nos dedicamos a nuestro trabajo y lo que menos queremos es tener problema con ningún gobierno, ya sea mexicano y mucho menos con el americano.

Esa manta la ha de haber puesto alguna persona sin que hacer, lo que esa persona quiere es contrapuntearme contra el gobierno y que el gobierno piense que soy de la mentalidad.

Sí, yo sé y estoy consciente de que no se puede ni se debe pelear con ningún gobierno. A mí ni por mi mente pasa ponerme con Sansón a las patadas, no tengo ningún motivo para poner esas tonterías en una manta, tampoco pienso que el gobierno crea que alguien con cerebro a aponer esas tonterías y a firmar con su nombre.

También queremos aclarar que el cartel de los Z, no somos terroristas y estamos en contra del terrorismo.

Hace poco en todos los medios decía que la DEA tenía un informante que les comento que nosotros íbamos a hacer un atentado con un embajador. Nosotros no tenemos ni ganas de tener que ver con hechos de esa índole.

Eso no es lo de nosotros ni tenemos esa mentalidad, esa manta la tuvo que haber puesto alguien que lo que quiere lograr es que volteen a verme. No sé quién la haya puesto, ni voy a decir que fue tal grupo o tal persona, porque en realidad no sé quien fue. Pero lo que si es que respeto al gobierno mexicano y americano y me deslindo de estos comentarios estúpidos que hicieron en esa manta y les recalco que no soy de esa mentalidad y el cartel de los Z ni intenta ni va a intentar nunca. Y respecto a lo que paso en el casino royal en Monterrey N. L. Eso no fue ordenado, eso fue una tontería que hicieron esas personas, Bajo su criterio, no fue algo que se haya ordenado. No creo que les haya pasado en su cerebro de pollo el daño que el iban a ocasionar a los familiares de las personas que fallecieron en esos lamentables hechos. Nuestro más sincero pésame y queremos se den cuenta que nosotros no ordenamos eso, Nosotros sabemos que esto va a ocasionar muchos comentario, esos que hicieron esos pendejos no tienen sentido ni razón, ni el problema en el que se iban a meter.

Nuestro respeto al gobierno mexicano”.

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

With respect to the banner under my name, MIGUEL ANGEL TREVIÑO MORALES, that challenges the Mexican government and all the authorities and federal agencies
of both countries. To start with let me clarify that I did not order those banners to be hung. We do not govern this country, nor do we have a regime; we are not terrorists or guerrillas. We are dedicated to our occupation and what we least desire is to have problems with any government, neither Mexico or much less with the U.S.

That message must have been put by someone with nothing better to do; that person wants to set me up against the government and make the government believe that is my mindset.

Yes, I know and am aware that you cannot and should not fight against any government. Never in my right mind would I pick a fight against Samson, I have no motive to put such those stupidness on a message, nor do I think the government believes anybody with a brain would sign their name to such stupidness.

We also want to clarify that the Zeta cartel are not terrorists and we are against terrorism.

Not long ago the media said the DEA had an informant commented that we would make an attempt against the life of an ambassador. We would not now or ever have any such inclination.

That is not who we are or how we think. That messsage must have been put up by someone who wants to ostracize me. I don't know who put it up, nor am I going to say it was this group or that person because in reality I have no idea. But what is true is that I respect the Mexican and the American governments, and I reject those foolish comments on that messsage and I reiterate that I am not of that mindset nor is the Zeta cartel, now or ever. In regards to what happened at the casino royal in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon: those were not our orders, it was stupid what those people did. I don't think those idiost realized the damage they were doing to the families of the victims that died in that regrettable occurence. With our most sincere condolences we want it understood we did not order that. We know this will cause an outcry but what those idiots did was senseless and they did not realize the problems they were getting into.

Our respect to the Mexican government.