An indictment unsealed on Oct. 16 in the District of Columbia has charged leaders of the Cartel del Noreste (CDN), a successor to the notorious Los Zetas cartel, with a range of offenses.
The indictment specifically targets Miguel Trevino Morales, 51, known as “Z-40,” and his brother Omar Trevino Morales, 48, known as “Z-42,” and accuses them of continuing to run their criminal enterprise from within Mexican prisons following their arrests in 2013 and 2015, respectively.
