Borderland Beat: Comments About the Capture of Miguel "Z40" Trevino Morales, Evil Zeta Leader, in Nuevo Laredo

Miguel Trevino Morales

A small sampling of comments on the arrest of the so-called Z40:

"That is Z40,so they got the motherfucker,i always thought he would go out banging?Maybe he got to much sense for that,or didn't get a chance to start bangin?Either way Miguel was always on some kind of borrowed time,he got a rep like fuckin Hitler,errybody hates his ass and blames him for tsunamis earthquakes fuckin 9/11 terrorism and any other shit you can think of.This dude got some secrets if he wants to deal up?What gonna happen to the Z as a cartel and crew?Who fuckin cares anyway."

A possible "nail" in the Zeta's "coffin"?

"Wow wtf!!! Z-40 has been captured by SEMAR. I called it if it proves to be true. Back in April when the Mexico Navy began major operations in Coahuila, that they were going after Z-40. This was during the trail of his brother Jose. The ramifications of his capture could cause changes in the structure of organized on a world scale. As it is, the Z Ndrangheta connection has just been captured in Colombia. Chapo, Mayo, CDG are probably licking their chops. Could this signify the nail in the coffin of Zetas, or is there somebody waiting in the wings ready to assume the leadership of the Zetas and bring change to the way they operate? Could the possibilty arise that he could have been betrayed by somebody? This is going to get interesting!"

Anonymous said:

"It's him. Do you think Mexico would ever arrest the wrong guy? Or set someone up for murder? Never. They are so honest….. Seriously, it is Z-40. He looks more like his dumb brick laying horse racing brother. That is crazy he was in NL, and not like Chapo, hiding in the hills. You have to give him credit for being right there in the open. Ballsy. He is lucky he has his head. I'm sure there are thousands of headless Mexican ghosts who will haunt this fuker."

"A great day!"

"This is a great day. This represents so much more than when they killed Lazcano.

There are lots of evil people in the world, but guys like Z40...he's in a league of his own. Some of the things he's done, the ways he's tortured people, the chaos and bloodshed he's caused in Mexico...it's heartbreaking. He's made a dent in Mexican history that can never be taken back.

Examples:
-He has sicarios kidnap people to bring to him so he can torture them himself (Gabriel Cardona's testimony)
-He's made innocent people fight to the death, then send the living one on a suicide mission (SF massacre)
-He's burned entire families alive (Allende, Coahuila)
-He allegedly boiled a baby alive (George Grayson's book)
-Allegedly personally killed 2000+ people

And he's done it over, and over, and over. And this is only the stuff people have found out about. He keeps most stuff undercover so he can keep his peace with the Tamaulipas gov't. If he's capable of all that and has access to that much money and influence, I'm sure he's done way more."

A commenter from Laredo, Texas:

"I am from Laredo Texas and spend about half of my year in Nuevo Laredo, so I'm familiar with the Zetas. Miguel Trevino boiled three women to death in 2010 and left them on a couch in their relative's house. And he's been known to drive around shooting people at RANDOM from his car. He drove over a small girl once in 2009.
And until today, the police here haven't done a thing about it, because if they did, they and their entire families would be incinerated and hung from a bridge. It's almost an impossible situation for law enforcement.
Men like him who torture and murder entire families need NOT to be exempt from the law simply because they are rich bullies. But unfortunately, I have no solution other than slow, long term development in Mex. Hope this goes to public trial."

A police officer said:

"I am a police officer in Laredo, Tx. I have over 20 years of experience dealing with narcotrafficers near the border, and believe this: I've seen bad people. VERY bad people. But NO one will ever come close to being as evil as this man.
This is it. They've taken down the worst of them. I'll stand behind that, THE worst criminal I've ever known."