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Thursday, May 09, 2013  The brother of two leaders of one of the most powerful drug cartels in Mexico has been found guilty of buying racehorses to hide illegal drug profits.

Tuesday, December 11, 2012  A federal judge has ordered the seizure of a luxury condominium allegedly belonging to a former Tamaulipas governor.

Monday, October 22, 2012  Authorities have exhumed the body of a relative of a feared drug-cartel leader in order to conduct DNA testsand quiet doubts that Zetas head Heriberto Lazcano was slain earlier this month.

Wednesday, October 17, 2012  Mexico's top anti-drug prosecutors says authorities are seeking permits to exhume the remains of the parents of deceased drug lord Heriberto Lazcano, to obtain material for DNA testing.

Friday, October 12, 2012  A Gulf Cartel leader is behind bars after being arrested south of the border in Reynosa.

Thursday, October 11, 2012  A Mexican family is wondering if a photo found on the body of a slain drug lord means their daughter is still alive and living in the Rio Grande Valley.

Wednesday, October 10, 2012  The Mexican navy says a team of marines had no idea that they had killed the leader of the country's most-feared drug cartel in a gunfight that erupted when they tried to search a group of suspicious men outside a baseball stadium.

Tuesday, October 09, 2012  Many here in the Rio Grande Valley are skeptical that the death of Zetas supreme leader Heriberto Lazcano-Lazcano will have a big impact on border security and the drug war.

Monday, October 08, 2012  A Zetas leader arrested in the streets of Nuevo Laredo is being accused of masterminding the Falcon Lake murder of American tourist David Hartley and the massacres in San Fernando.

Tuesday, October 02, 2012  A Zetas leader and eight others are behind bars after soldiers were able to arrest them without firing a single shot.

Thursday, September 27, 2012  Normally, we just see drug cartel leaders presented before cameras after their arrest but this time video of the actual soldiers storming into the alleged cartel leaders home.

Thursday, September 27, 2012  Authorities are confirming a split inside the Zetas drug cartel following the arrest of a top leader who had gone rogue and allied his faction with the rival Gulf Cartel.

Monday, September 24, 2012  Some 35 state police officers are behind bars south of the border where authorities are accusing them of working for the Zetas drug cartel.

Monday, September 03, 2012  A Zetas drug cartel leader and his son are behind bars after being arrested by Mexican soldiers south of the border in Zacatecas.

Saturday, August 04, 2012  The man they were looking for is wanted in connection to a shooting back in April and a deadly hit and run in July.