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Efraín Teodoro Torres
Efraín Teodoro Torres
Died	3 March 2007; Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico
Resting place	Poza Rica, Veracruz, Mexico ; (Before body was snatched)
Other names	Z-14; El Efra; El Chispa
Organization(s)	Mexican Army (1991–1998); Gulf Cartel\Los Zetas (1998–2007)

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Efraín Teodoro Torres (died 3 March 2007) was a Mexican suspected drug lord and one of the founders of Los Zetas, a criminal organization formed by former soldiers of the Mexican Armed Forces. He joined the Mexican Army in mid-1991 but deserted after seven years of service. In 1998, Torres was recruited by the drug lord Osiel Cárdenas Guillén to join the ranks of the Gulf Cartel, a drug trafficking organization. The new group formed by ex-commandos came to be known as Los Zetas.

Torres was killed in the city of Veracruz, following a dispute surrounding a horse race competition on 3 March 2007. After his body was buried, his own gunmen broke into the cemetery that same night and stole his body. Following his death, Miguel Treviño Morales became the leader of Los Zetas statewide.

Criminal career

Torres joined the infantry division of the Mexican Army on 1 August 1991. Three years later, he was promoted to the corporal unit. In 1996, he was reportedly trained at the School of the Americas in Counter-Narcotics training. Nonetheless, he deserted from the Mexican Army on 13 September 1998 and joined the ranks of the Gulf Cartel, a Mexican drug trafficking organization.^[1]^[2] The Gulf Cartel, under the tutelage of the then-leader Osiel Cárdenas Guillén, first recruited a Mexican special forces soldier, Arturo Guzmán Decena, in the late 1990s. With his help, Cárdenas Guillén managed to recruit several other soldiers from the military to work full-time for the Gulf Cartel, forming a paramilitary group known as Los Zetas.^[3] Torres was given the radio code and alias Z-14 for being one of the fourteen original military deserters who founded Los Zetas.^[2]^[4]^[5]

Torres formally initiated his criminal career by commanding an armed assault at a prison in Apatzingán on 5 January 2004, where more than 25 inmates were liberated. When the former soldiers and drug traffickers Omar Lorméndez Pitalúa ("Z-10") and Mateo Díaz López ("Comandante Mateo") were arrested by the Mexican authorities in 2006, Torres took the lead of Los Zetas in the Mexican state of Michoacán alongside Gustavo González Castro ("El Erótico").^[6]^[7] As a leader of Los Zetas, Torres was responsible for overseeing drug shipments in the state of Veracruz and across the Gulf of Mexico. In the northern state of Tamaulipas, Torres commanded the distribution sites in the cities of Ciudad Camargo and Miguel Alemán with Jesús Enrique Rejón Aguilar and another Zeta member.^[2]^[8] Torres was considered one of Mexico's most-wanted criminals by the Attorney General of Mexico (PGR) prior to his death.^[9]

Death

Several members of Los Zetas and the Gulf Cartel were holding a horse race event at a ranch called El Villarín in the municipality of Veracruz on 3 March 2007. Two horses were competing while people drank, yelled, and made bets worth $2 million U.S. dollars. Both horses ran from the starting line at a fast pace and got to the finish line side by side. But before anyone could verify the winner through the photograph finish, a shooting broke out between the drug traffickers.^[10] According to police intelligence, the dispute broke out as an excuse to kill Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano, another leader of Los Zetas and close associate of Torres.^[11]

As the shooting began to escalate, all of the personalities of Mexico's criminal underworld that were present at the horse race left in their vehicles, hid behind the stadium stands, or wherever they could. Teodoro Torres and another man died of gunshot wounds, and two others were injured. Torres had been taken alive to the Millenium Hospital in Veracruz city by five of his accomplices, but he was later pronounced dead.^[10]

Early in the morning on 5 March 2007, his body was buried at Jardín de los Ángeles cemetery in Poza Rica, Veracruz. That same night, Gulf Cartel gunmen arrived at the cemetery in two vehicles and overwhelmed the night-guard. They later left the place after exhuming and taking Torres' corpse.^[10]^[12]

Following the death of Torres, Miguel Treviño Morales ("Z-40") became the new leader of Los Zetas in the state of Veracruz.^[13]

Alleged betrayal

After the supreme leader of the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas, Osiel Cárdenas Guillén, was extradited to the United States in 2007, tensions within the criminal organization rose, as Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano (the Zeta leader) and Jorge Eduardo Costilla Sánchez (the Gulf Cartel successor) fought for supremacy.^[14] The infighting worsened when Torres was killed; there are certain cells within Los Zetas that believe that Miguel Treviño Morales ("Z-40") betrayed Torres and ordered his assassination. They also believe that Treviño Morales is responsible for betraying other Zeta leaders, including Jaime González Durán ("El Hummer"), Jesús Enrique Rejón Aguilar ("El Mamito"), Raúl Lucio Hernández Lechuga ("El Lucky"), and Arturo Guzmán Decena ("Z-1"), by setting up their arrests or deaths.^[15]

According to police reports, during the horse race competition, Torres was accompanied by 18 armed gunmen. When the dispute occurred, two men attempted to kill Torres, but the shot that killed Torres reportedly came from one of his bodyguards, who shot him in the back. Two bodyguards were arrested and taken to prison after being severely beaten by alleged Zetas, who wanted to know who was the mastermind behind Torres' assassination.^[14]

Personal life

Torres, who had received military training before joining Los Zetas, "epitomize[d] the cowboy mentality" of a reckless drug trafficker. He reportedly drank large amounts of alcohol, developed a cocaine habit, and liked betting on horse races. He used the alias Roberto Carlos Carmona Gasperín.^[8]

Sources

References

^ Grayson 2010, p. 291.
^ ^a ^b ^c Méndez, Alfredo (4 September 2007). "Confirman la muerte de Z-14, fundador de Los Zetas". La Jornada (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 19 October 2008. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
^ Gómez, Francisco (30 January 2011). "Los Zetas originales, diezmados en una década". El Universal (Mexico City) (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 13 October 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
^ Gutiérrez, Hugo (15 October 2012). "El coctel 'Lazca'". Reporte Indigo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 18 December 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
^ Gómez, Francisco (30 January 2011). "Los Zetas originales, diezmados en una década". El Universal (Mexico City) (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 13 October 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
^ (subscription required) "Ubican a 'Zetas' en Michoacán". Reforma (in Spanish). Mexico City. Editora El Sol, S.A. de C.V. 25 November 2006. p. 5. ProQuest 307744600.
^ Grayson 2010, p. 192.
^ ^a ^b Grayson 2012, p. 86.
^ (subscription required) García, Adán (31 August 2006). "Dedican ejecución al Cártel del Golfo". El Norte (Monterrey) (in Spanish). Editora El Sol, S.A. de C.V. p. 9. ProQuest 311924053.
^ ^a ^b ^c Gómez, Francisco (21 April 2007). "La última carrera y el inicio del torbellino". El Universal (Mexico City) (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 22 August 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
^ Córdova, Édgar (26 March 2007). "Defiende con su vida al líder de los Zetas". El Universal (Mexico City) (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2 August 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
^ (subscription required) Torres, Rubén (4 September 2007). "Sí era El Z-14 el asesinado en Veracruz". El Economista (in Spanish). Mexico City. ProQuest 336402894.
^ Grayson 2012, p. 27.
^ ^a ^b Riva Palacio, Raymundo (28 May 2007). "Guerra en el Golfo". El Universal (Mexico City) (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
^ Cedillo, Juan Alberto (19 July 2012). "Se divide el cártel de Los Zetas". Proceso (in Spanish). Comunicación e Información, S.A. de C.V. Archived from the original on 13 December 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2013.

Bibliography

Grayson, George W. (2010). Mexico: Narco-Violence and a Failed State?. Transaction Publishers. p. 291. ISBN 978-1412811514. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
Grayson, George W. (2012). The Executioner's Men: Los Zetas, Rogue Soldiers, Criminal Entrepreneurs, and the Shadow State They Created. Transaction Publishers. ISBN 9781412846172.

[FOOTNOTEGrayson2010291-1] Grayson 2010, p. 291.

[jornada-2] Méndez, Alfredo (4 September 2007). "Confirman la muerte de Z-14, fundador de Los Zetas". La Jornada (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 19 October 2008. Retrieved 20 January 2013.

[3] Gómez, Francisco (30 January 2011). "Los Zetas originales, diezmados en una década". El Universal (Mexico City) (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 13 October 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2013.

[4] Gutiérrez, Hugo (15 October 2012). "El coctel 'Lazca'". Reporte Indigo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 18 December 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2013.

[5] Gómez, Francisco (30 January 2011). "Los Zetas originales, diezmados en una década". El Universal (Mexico City) (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 13 October 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2013.

[6] (subscription required) "Ubican a 'Zetas' en Michoacán". Reforma (in Spanish). Mexico City. Editora El Sol, S.A. de C.V. 25 November 2006. p. 5. ProQuest 307744600.

[FOOTNOTEGrayson2010192-7] Grayson 2010, p. 192.

[FOOTNOTEGrayson201286-8] Grayson 2012, p. 86.

[9] (subscription required) García, Adán (31 August 2006). "Dedican ejecución al Cártel del Golfo". El Norte (Monterrey) (in Spanish). Editora El Sol, S.A. de C.V. p. 9. ProQuest 311924053.

[carrera-10] Gómez, Francisco (21 April 2007). "La última carrera y el inicio del torbellino". El Universal (Mexico City) (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 22 August 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2013.

[11] Córdova, Édgar (26 March 2007). "Defiende con su vida al líder de los Zetas". El Universal (Mexico City) (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2 August 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2013.

[12] (subscription required) Torres, Rubén (4 September 2007). "Sí era El Z-14 el asesinado en Veracruz". El Economista (in Spanish). Mexico City. ProQuest 336402894.

[FOOTNOTEGrayson201227-13] Grayson 2012, p. 27.

[rivas-14] Riva Palacio, Raymundo (28 May 2007). "Guerra en el Golfo". El Universal (Mexico City) (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2013.

[15] Cedillo, Juan Alberto (19 July 2012). "Se divide el cártel de Los Zetas". Proceso (in Spanish). Comunicación e Información, S.A. de C.V. Archived from the original on 13 December 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2013.

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 '''Efraín Teodoro Torres''' (died 3 March 2007) was a Mexican suspected drug lord and one of the founders of [[Los Zetas]], a criminal organization formed by former soldiers of the Mexican Armed Forces. He joined the [[Mexican Army]] in mid-1991 but deserted after seven years of service. In 1998, Torres was recruited by the drug lord [[Osiel Cárdenas Guillén]] to join the ranks of the [[Gulf Cartel]], a drug trafficking organization. The new group formed by ex-commandos came to be known as Los Zetas.
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 ==Criminal career==
-Torres joined the infantry division of the [[Mexican Army]] on 1 August 1991. Three years later, he was promoted to the corporal unit. Nonetheless, he deserted from the Mexican Army on 13 September 1998 and joined the ranks of the [[Gulf Cartel]], a Mexican drug trafficking organization.{{sfn|Grayson|2010|p=291}}<ref name=jornada>{{cite news|last=Méndez|first=Alfredo|title=Confirman la muerte de Z-14, fundador de Los Zetas|url=http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2007/09/04/index.php?section=politica&article=017n2pol|access-date=20 January 2013|newspaper=[[La Jornada]]|date=4 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081019012050/http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2007/09/04/index.php?section=politica&article=017n2pol|archive-date=19 October 2008|url-status=live|language=es}}</ref> The Gulf Cartel, under the tutelage of the then-leader [[Osiel Cárdenas Guillén]], first recruited a Mexican special forces soldier, [[Arturo Guzmán Decena]], in the late 1990s. With his help, Cárdenas Guillén managed to recruit several other soldiers from the military to work full-time for the Gulf Cartel, forming a paramilitary group known as Los Zetas.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gómez |first=Francisco |title=Los Zetas originales, diezmados en una década |url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/183321.html |access-date=21 January 2013 |newspaper=[[El Universal (Mexico City)]] |date=30 January 2011 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6DpLKIVIk?url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/183321.html |archive-date=21 January 2013 |url-status=live |language=es }}</ref> Torres was given the radio code and alias ''Z-14'' for being one of the fourteen original military deserters who founded Los Zetas.<ref name=jornada/><ref>{{cite news |last=Gutiérrez |first=Hugo |title=El coctel 'Lazca' |url=http://www.reporteindigo.com/reporte/monterrey/el-coctel-lazca |access-date=21 January 2013 |newspaper=Reporte Indigo |date=15 October 2012 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6DqInZwVP?url=http://www.reporteindigo.com/reporte/monterrey/el-coctel-lazca |archive-date=21 January 2013 |url-status=live |language=es }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Gómez |first=Francisco |title=Los Zetas originales, diezmados en una década |url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/183321.html |access-date=22 January 2013 |newspaper=[[El Universal (Mexico City)]] |date=30 January 2011 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6Dr3NaZc7?url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/183321.html |archive-date=22 January 2013 |url-status=live |language=es }}</ref>
+Torres joined the infantry division of the [[Mexican Army]] on 1 August 1991. Three years later, he was promoted to the corporal unit. In 1996, he was reportedly trained at the [[School of the Americas]] in Counter-Narcotics training. Nonetheless, he deserted from the Mexican Army on 13 September 1998 and joined the ranks of the [[Gulf Cartel]], a Mexican drug trafficking organization.{{sfn|Grayson|2010|p=291}}<ref name=jornada>{{cite news|last=Méndez|first=Alfredo|title=Confirman la muerte de Z-14, fundador de Los Zetas|url=http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2007/09/04/index.php?section=politica&article=017n2pol|access-date=20 January 2013|newspaper=[[La Jornada]]|date=4 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081019012050/http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2007/09/04/index.php?section=politica&article=017n2pol|archive-date=19 October 2008|url-status=live|language=es}}</ref> The Gulf Cartel, under the tutelage of the then-leader [[Osiel Cárdenas Guillén]], first recruited a Mexican special forces soldier, [[Arturo Guzmán Decena]], in the late 1990s. With his help, Cárdenas Guillén managed to recruit several other soldiers from the military to work full-time for the Gulf Cartel, forming a paramilitary group known as Los Zetas.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gómez |first=Francisco |title=Los Zetas originales, diezmados en una década |url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/183321.html |access-date=21 January 2013 |newspaper=[[El Universal (Mexico City)]] |date=30 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013122001/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/183321.html |archive-date=13 October 2012 |url-status=live |language=es }}</ref> Torres was given the radio code and alias ''Z-14'' for being one of the fourteen original military deserters who founded Los Zetas.<ref name=jornada/><ref>{{cite news |last=Gutiérrez |first=Hugo |title=El coctel 'Lazca' |url=http://www.reporteindigo.com/reporte/monterrey/el-coctel-lazca |access-date=21 January 2013 |newspaper=Reporte Indigo |date=15 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121218224343/http://reporteindigo.com/reporte/monterrey/el-coctel-lazca |archive-date=18 December 2012 |url-status=live |language=es }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Gómez |first=Francisco |title=Los Zetas originales, diezmados en una década |url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/183321.html |access-date=22 January 2013 |newspaper=[[El Universal (Mexico City)]] |date=30 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013122001/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/183321.html |archive-date=13 October 2012 |url-status=live |language=es }}</ref>
-Torres formally initiated his criminal career by commanding an armed assault at a prison in [[Apatzingán]] on 5 January 2004, where more than 25 inmates were liberated. When the former soldiers and drug traffickers [[Omar Lorméndez Pitalúa]] ("Z-10") and [[Mateo Díaz López]] ("Comandante Mateo") were arrested by the Mexican authorities in 2006, Torres took the lead of [[Los Zetas]] in the Mexican state of [[Michoacán]] alongside [[Gustavo González Castro]] ("El Erótico").<ref>{{subscription required}} {{cite news|title=Ubican a 'Zetas' en Michoacán|newspaper=[[Reforma]]|date=25 November 2006|agency=Editora El Sol, S.A. de C.V|location=Mexico City|pages=5|language=es|id={{ProQuest|307744600}}}}</ref>{{sfn|Grayson|2010|p=192}} As a leader of Los Zetas, Torres was responsible for overseeing drug shipments in the state of [[Veracruz]] and across the [[Gulf of Mexico]]. In the northern state of [[Tamaulipas]], Torres commanded the distribution sites in the cities of [[Ciudad Camargo, Tamaulipas|Ciudad Camargo]] and [[Ciudad Miguel Alemán, Tamaulipas|Miguel Alemán]] with [[Jesús Enrique Rejón Aguilar]] and another Zeta member.<ref name=jornada/>{{sfn|Grayson|2012|p=86}} Torres was considered one of Mexico's most-wanted criminals by the [[Attorney General of Mexico]] (PGR) prior to his death.<ref>{{subscription needed}} {{cite news|last=García|first=Adán|title=Dedican ejecución al Cártel del Golfo|newspaper=[[El Norte (Monterrey)]]|date=31 August 2006|agency=Editora El Sol, S.A. de C.V.|pages=9|language=es|id={{ProQuest|311924053}}}}</ref>
+Torres formally initiated his criminal career by commanding an armed assault at a prison in [[Apatzingán]] on 5 January 2004, where more than 25 inmates were liberated. When the former soldiers and drug traffickers [[Omar Lorméndez Pitalúa]] ("Z-10") and [[Mateo Díaz López]] ("Comandante Mateo") were arrested by the Mexican authorities in 2006, Torres took the lead of [[Los Zetas]] in the Mexican state of [[Michoacán]] alongside [[Gustavo González Castro]] ("El Erótico").<ref>{{subscription required}} {{cite news|title=Ubican a 'Zetas' en Michoacán|newspaper=[[Reforma (newspaper)|Reforma]]|date=25 November 2006|agency=Editora El Sol, S.A. de C.V|location=Mexico City|pages=5|language=es|id={{ProQuest|307744600}}}}</ref>{{sfn|Grayson|2010|p=192}} As a leader of Los Zetas, Torres was responsible for overseeing drug shipments in the state of [[Veracruz]] and across the [[Gulf of Mexico]]. In the northern state of [[Tamaulipas]], Torres commanded the distribution sites in the cities of [[Ciudad Camargo, Tamaulipas|Ciudad Camargo]] and [[Ciudad Miguel Alemán, Tamaulipas|Miguel Alemán]] with [[Jesús Enrique Rejón Aguilar]] and another Zeta member.<ref name=jornada/>{{sfn|Grayson|2012|p=86}} Torres was considered one of Mexico's most-wanted criminals by the [[Attorney General of Mexico]] (PGR) prior to his death.<ref>{{subscription required}} {{cite news|last=García|first=Adán|title=Dedican ejecución al Cártel del Golfo|newspaper=[[El Norte (Monterrey)]]|date=31 August 2006|agency=Editora El Sol, S.A. de C.V.|pages=9|language=es|id={{ProQuest|311924053}}}}</ref>
 ===Death===
-Several members of Los Zetas and the Gulf Cartel were holding a [[horse race]] event at a ranch called El Villarín in the municipality of Veracruz on 3 March 2007. Two horses were competing while people drank, yelled, and made bets worth $2 million U.S. dollars. Both horses ran from the starting line at a fast pace and got to the finish line side by side. But before anyone could verify the winner through the [[Photo finish|photograph finish]], a shooting broke out between the drug traffickers.<ref name=carrera>{{cite news |last=Gómez |first=Francisco |title=La última carrera y el inicio del torbellino |url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/150296.html |access-date=21 January 2013 |newspaper=[[El Universal (Mexico City)]] |date=21 April 2007 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6DpCkVBgr?url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/150296.html |archive-date=21 January 2013 |url-status=live |language=es }}</ref> According to police intelligence, the dispute broke out as an excuse to kill [[Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano]], another leader of Los Zetas and close associate of Torres.<ref>{{cite news |last=Córdova |first=Édgar |title=Defiende con su vida al líder de los Zetas |url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/grafico/64540.html |access-date=21 January 2013 |newspaper=[[El Universal (Mexico City)]] |date=26 March 2007 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6DpDk4Bbd?url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/grafico/64540.html |archive-date=21 January 2013 |url-status=live |language=es }}</ref>
+Several members of Los Zetas and the Gulf Cartel were holding a [[horse race]] event at a ranch called El Villarín in the municipality of Veracruz on 3 March 2007. Two horses were competing while people drank, yelled, and made bets worth $2 million U.S. dollars. Both horses ran from the starting line at a fast pace and got to the finish line side by side. But before anyone could verify the winner through the [[Photo finish|photograph finish]], a shooting broke out between the drug traffickers.<ref name=carrera>{{cite news |last=Gómez |first=Francisco |title=La última carrera y el inicio del torbellino |url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/150296.html |access-date=21 January 2013 |newspaper=[[El Universal (Mexico City)]] |date=21 April 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090822042631/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/150296.html |archive-date=22 August 2009 |url-status=live |language=es }}</ref> According to police intelligence, the dispute broke out as an excuse to kill [[Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano]], another leader of Los Zetas and close associate of Torres.<ref>{{cite news |last=Córdova |first=Édgar |title=Defiende con su vida al líder de los Zetas |url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/grafico/64540.html |access-date=21 January 2013 |newspaper=[[El Universal (Mexico City)]] |date=26 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090802085758/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/grafico/64540.html |archive-date=2 August 2009 |url-status=live |language=es }}</ref>
 As the shooting began to escalate, all of the personalities of Mexico's criminal underworld that were present at the horse race left in their vehicles, hid behind the stadium stands, or wherever they could. Teodoro Torres and another man died of gunshot wounds, and two others were injured. Torres had been taken alive to the Millenium Hospital in Veracruz city by five of his accomplices, but he was later pronounced dead.<ref name=carrera/>
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 ====Alleged betrayal====
 {{See also|Infighting in Los Zetas}}
-After the supreme leader of the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas, [[Osiel Cárdenas Guillén]], was extradited to the United States in 2007, tensions within the criminal organization rose, as [[Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano]] (the Zeta leader) and [[Jorge Eduardo Costilla Sánchez]] (the Gulf Cartel successor) fought for supremacy.<ref name=rivas>{{cite news |last=Riva Palacio |first=Raymundo |title=Guerra en el Golfo |url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/columnas/65393.html |access-date=22 January 2013 |newspaper=[[El Universal (Mexico City)]] |date=28 May 2007 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6DrtrVE3I?url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/columnas/65393.html |archive-date=22 January 2013 |url-status=live |language=es }}</ref> The infighting worsened when Torres was killed; there are certain cells within Los Zetas that believe that [[Miguel Treviño Morales]] ("Z-40") betrayed Torres and ordered his assassination. They also believe that Treviño Morales is responsible for betraying other Zeta leaders, including [[Jaime González Durán]] ("El Hummer"), [[Jesús Enrique Rejón Aguilar]] ("El Mamito"), [[Raúl Lucio Hernández Lechuga]] ("El Lucky"), and [[Arturo Guzmán Decena]] ("Z-1"), by setting up their arrests or deaths.<ref>{{cite news |last=Cedillo |first=Juan Alberto |title=Se divide el cártel de Los Zetas |url=http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=314485 |access-date=22 January 2013 |newspaper=[[Proceso (magazine)|Proceso]] |date=19 July 2012 |agency=Comunicación e Información, S.A. de C.V |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121213042637/http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=314485 |archive-date=13 December 2012 |url-status=live |language=es }}</ref>
+After the supreme leader of the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas, [[Osiel Cárdenas Guillén]], was extradited to the United States in 2007, tensions within the criminal organization rose, as [[Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano]] (the Zeta leader) and [[Jorge Eduardo Costilla Sánchez]] (the Gulf Cartel successor) fought for supremacy.<ref name=rivas>{{cite news |last=Riva Palacio |first=Raymundo |title=Guerra en el Golfo |url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/columnas/65393.html |access-date=22 January 2013 |newspaper=[[El Universal (Mexico City)]] |date=28 May 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020061501/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/columnas/65393.html |archive-date=20 October 2012 |url-status=live |language=es }}</ref> The infighting worsened when Torres was killed; there are certain cells within Los Zetas that believe that [[Miguel Treviño Morales]] ("Z-40") betrayed Torres and ordered his assassination. They also believe that Treviño Morales is responsible for betraying other Zeta leaders, including [[Jaime González Durán]] ("El Hummer"), [[Jesús Enrique Rejón Aguilar]] ("El Mamito"), [[Raúl Lucio Hernández Lechuga]] ("El Lucky"), and [[Arturo Guzmán Decena]] ("Z-1"), by setting up their arrests or deaths.<ref>{{cite news |last=Cedillo |first=Juan Alberto |title=Se divide el cártel de Los Zetas |url=http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=314485 |access-date=22 January 2013 |newspaper=[[Proceso (magazine)|Proceso]] |date=19 July 2012 |agency=Comunicación e Información, S.A. de C.V |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121213042637/http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=314485 |archive-date=13 December 2012 |url-status=live |language=es }}</ref>
 According to police reports, during the horse race competition, Torres was accompanied by 18 armed gunmen. When the dispute occurred, two men attempted to kill Torres, but the shot that killed Torres reportedly came from one of his bodyguards, who shot him in the back. Two bodyguards were arrested and taken to prison after being severely beaten by alleged Zetas, who wanted to know who was the mastermind behind Torres' assassination.<ref name=rivas/>
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