Confronting organized crime requires an understanding of its workings. The Zeta Yoke is based on legal documents made available by the government of the state of Coahuila, information submited by the National Human Rights Commission and an exhaustive research of other material. This report details how the Zetas controlled northern Coahuila for several years and their interactions with the authorities at various levels. It focuses on this cartel's control of the Piedras Negrasprision and the brutal reprisals in Allende and other local districts following a betrayal, responsibility for which lies at the door of the DEA and Mexico's Federal Police.
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- CONTENTS
- A NOTE ON THE RESEARCH
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- OBJECTIVES AND FINDINGS
- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
- THE CONTEXT: RESEARCH INTO THE SITUATION IN NORTHERN COAHUILA
- I. THE ZETA PRISON
- 1. Prisons in Mexico
- 2. The Zeta prison in Piedras Negras, Coahuila
- 3. The Mexican state’s response to the Zeta prison
- II. THE ZETA VENGEANCE
- 4. The Zeta vengeance in northern Coahuila
- 5. The Mexican state’s response to the vengeance
- 6. The responsibility of the United States
- III. SOCIETY: FROM ANONYMITY TO A LEADING ROLE
- 7. Victims, society and information
- IV. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- 8. Ascertaining the truth in Coahuila
- 9. Recommendations for the Mexican state, by Delia Sánchez del Ángel
- ANNEXES
- A. Maps and C4 emergency calls log, Piedras Negras and Allende from March 18 to 22, 2011
- B. Photographs of the prison
- C. Statistical annex
- D. Excerpts from relevant testimonies on file
- E. Crimes possibly committed at the Piedras Negras prison, according to the case file, by Delia Sánchez del Ángel
- F. The forced disappearance of persons in northern Coahuila and the case of the Piedras Negras prison: an analysis from the perspective of international criminal law, by Delia Sánchez del Ángel
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