Leva was willing to spend 30 million US dollars to hire an organization called Los Zetas, and it was no ordinary group.
Los Zetas is an emerging criminal organization with a very particular nature.
Mexican drug trafficking groups evolved to be roughly divided into two types, one is represented by old-guard forces such as the Gulf Group and Sinoloa Group.
Most of them center around family members, with a strong local base, building roads and schools for the community, and maintaining good relations with local officials.
In Mexico City, they have high-level protective umbrellas, and although the gangs often battle with each other, the intensity and ferocity are not too high, barely adhering to the underworld's code of conduct.
Until the rise of Los Zetas, which directly turned the violence index of Mexican criminal organizations to the maximum, changing the cartel landscape completely.
