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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.

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.

Tuesday, October 09, 2012  Authorities are confirming a that the Zetas supreme leader was killed in a gun battle in Coahuila but that his body was stolen from a funeral home.

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.

Monday, May 21, 2012  The Mexican army says leaders of the hyper-violent Zetas drug cartel ordered underlings to leave 49 mutilated bodies in a northern Mexico town square, and then hung banners around the country denying responsibility.

Friday, January 13, 2012  Mexican authorities have captured a Zetas leader linked to the death of a U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement from Brownsville.

Thursday, November 17, 2011  Federal authorities have moved to seize a 200-acre ranch that they allege is owned by the No. 3 leader of the Zetas drug cartel.

Wednesday, October 26, 2011  The Zetas leader for the embattled port city of Veracruz, Mexico is in federal custody following his arrest on Tuesday.

Thursday, October 13, 2011  Authorities are expected to present a high-ranking member of the Zetas drug cartel arrested in Saltillo on Wednesday.

Friday, June 17, 2011  According a press release from the Mexican Ministry of Public Safety (SSP), its officers arrested 22-year-old Edgar Huerta Montiel, aka “El Wache,” on Wednesday at the city of Fresnillo, Zacatecas.

Tuesday, May 24, 2011  A Zetas leaders is behind bars after being arrested in a small town just outside Nuevo Laredo.