El Salvadoran officials are worried that a Mexican drug trafficking organization may be forming an alliance with a feared Central American gang.
Mexico’s El Universal newspaper is reporting that members of the Zetas are in El Salvador where they may be working on an alliance with the Mara Salvatrucha gang.
El Salvador’s President Mauricio Funes told reporters the Zetas are believed to be in his country and working on forming the alliance.
El Universal reported that the Zetas and other Mexican drug trafficking organizations are vying for control of cocaine smuggling routes through Central America.
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