An indictment unsealed in the District of Columbia alleges that the leader of one of Mexico's most violent gangs, Miguel Angel Treviño Morales, continued to operate an offshoot group, the Northeast Cartel, from inside a Mexican prison. Treviño Morales, also known as 'Zeta 40,' was a key figure in the notorious Zetas cartel and has been incarcerated since his arrest in 2013.
Following the demise of the Zetas' original leadership in 2012, the indictment asserts that Treviño Morales and his brother Omar established the Northeast Cartel as a successor organization. The brothers purportedly enlisted relatives to oversee the day-to-day activities of the new gang.
