and then murdered by the cartel.her body was found in trash bags by a river. >> as they've taken over security operations from local police, the autodefensas have basically created their own justice system. we've just been told a cicario - or assassin - has been captured in los reyes >> 21-year-old jose eduardo was being held at a drug rehab clinic that had been turned into makeshift prison. as we sat down to talk to him, the autodefensas stayed to watch over our shoulders. >> and the only thing you did was work as an informant, or you did something else? >> we interviewed him for an hour - and his story didn't change. >> today... israel is burying his nephew. along with the others beheaded in zacan. paco's team has agreed to escort the funeral procession - the cemetery is in an area still controlled by the templars. michoacan now has the second highest homicide rate in mexico. almost 300 people are murdered here every month. this is a scene repeated over and over, day after day. as they expected - the families here

enemies of the sinaloa cartel. >> of the seven major mexican cartels, the sinaloa cartel is consideredt powerful, with the farthest-reaching and most pervasive tentacles extending deep into every corner of government, banking and private industry. its rivals, the tijuana cartel, the gulf cartel, the juarez cartel, the beltra levya, la familia michoacana and the particularly murderous los zetas. the cartels are responsible for importing roughly three quarters of all illegal narcotics to america. in your work, you uncovered what had to be some very embarrassing and incriminating associations and connections between very high elected officials, the presidents and entire administrations, and acts of incredible criminality. how did that change your life? >> well, when i start to make this investigation on 2005 and i really understand that it would be very dangerous. i have to say that it wasn't really a surprise for me what happened after i published my book. what i didn't expect is that the threats came from the federal government. >> anabel says that one of her sources warned her that the

it that kill for the cartel.hey wait like this to go to war at a moments notice. >> he joined them at 14, committed his first murder at 15. he felt nothing, he says. just adrenaline. boss, be anyone, says the about their targets. a traitor, a thief, someone that has not paid the cartel. policee not worried the will burst in. they work with the police, they say. the police chief denies that. the commandant was himself accused of working for the cartel. . a war and was eventually withdrawn. he is back in charge. >> we are not in bed with the cartel, he says. that is a myth. it we don't back one over the other. we arrest all criminals. believe itle don't but don't speak publicly about it either. they accuse the police of failing to investigate cases because of links to criminal groups. arrested by police and handed to kidnappers. tell me where my son is, she remembers asking the police. many officers have died fighting the cartels. but they have co-opted parts of the state. in ever know the you're dealing with. anot

a new force is taking on the cartel.ncan college students more than $1 trillion in loans for their education. research says that those saddled with paying off the loans are more of prone to accruing other financial debt. david has more. 'tis the season for college graduations in america and everywhere, newly-minted right to its are giving themselves a pat on the back. ok -- let's stop right there. it is time to talk about debt. the pew research center recently analyzed a whole bunch of government data and here is what they found. about 40% of younger u.s. households have student debt and the median amount is about $13,000. now take a look at this. young, college-educated households without student debt have a net worth that is seven times greater than those with debt. seven times. it does not stop there. research found that college educated folks with student debt are more likely to have other types of debt. here is a whopper of a number. this is the median amount of overall debt they have. forare that same figure colleg

enemies of the sinaloa cartel. >> of the seven major mexican cartels, the sinaloa cartel is considered farthest-reaching and most pervasive tentacles extending deep into every corner of government, banking and private industry. its rivals, the tijuana cartel, the gulf cartel, the juarez cartel, the beltra levya, la familia michoacana and the particularly murderous los zetas. the cartels are responsible for importing roughly three quarters of all illegal narcotics to america. in your work, you uncovered what had to be some very embarrassing and incriminating associations and connections between very high elected officials, the presidents and entire administrations, and acts of incredible criminality. how did that change your life? >> well, when i start to make this investigation on 2005 and i really understand that it would be very dangerous. i have to say that it wasn't really a surprise for me what happened after i published my book. what i didn't expect is that the threats came from the federal government. >> anabel says that one of her sources warned her that the biggest threat was

its rivals, the tijuana cartel, the gulf cartel, the juarez cartel, la familia micharcana.for importing roughly three quarters of all illegal narcotics to america. in your work, you uncovered what had to be some very embarrassing and incriminating associations and connections between very high elected officials, the presidents and entire administrations, and acts of incredible criminality. how did that change your life? >> when i started to make this investigation in 2005, i really understand that it would be very dangerous. i have to say that it wasn't really a surprise for me what happened after i published my book. what i didn't expect is that the threats came from the federal government. >> she says that one of her sources warned her that the biggest threat was from within, that one of the most highly placed, most senior law enforcement officials in mexico had ordered her killed. >> because in my book, i put his name and also showed some documents that proves that he was involved, he was on the payroll of this cartel. >> what happened to this man? >> right now, he's ver

le debÍa dinero a los carteles, en otras palabras. gente de estados unidos en mÉxico que los secuestran y estamos viendo que prefieren, y que mandan su gente de mÉxico y se estÁn infiltrando aquÍ en estados unidos. acuÉrdense que esta gente quiere controlar su droga, quiere controlar su dinero. necesitan gente que ellos conozcan, los traficant traficantes necesitan gente leal. envÍan gente a estados unidos y los secuestran, los torturan, los amenazan tambiÉn, a los trabajadores. aquÍ para que no se roben la droga. es un fenÓmeno que estamos viendo ahorita. >>> javier, estuvo involucrado en la guerra contra las drogas en colombia hace algunas dÉcadas. estuvo muy involucrado en la cal tura y muerte de escobar ve una similitud como actuaban los carteles de la droga y lo que ocurre en mÉxico. pablo comenzÓ el narco terrorismo. con el carro bomba, los secuestros y para matar policÍas les pagaba dinero. pablo era una guerra abiertamente contra colombia, en mÉxico lo que estamos viendo hace 10 aÑos que es, que la violencia y muy importante l

enemies of the sinaloa cartel. >> of the seven major mexican cartels, the sinaloa cartel is consideredreaching and most pervasive tentacles extending deep into every corner of government, banking and private industry. its rivals, the tijuana cartel, the gulf cartel, the juarez cartel, the beltra levya, la familia michoacana and the particularly murderous los zetas. the cartels are responsible for importing roughly three quarters of all illegal narcotics to america. in your work, you uncovered what had to be some very embarrassing and incriminating associations and connections between very high elected officials, the presidents and entire administrations, and acts of incredible criminality. how did that change your life? >> well, when i start to make this investigation on 2005 and i really understand that it would be very dangerous. i have to say that it wasn't really a surprise for me wat happened after i published my book. what i didn't expect is that the threats came from the federal government. >> anabel says that one of her sources warned her that the biggest threat was from within

>> you see a few things about the cartels here. you see the brutality of the mexican cartels and you see the sophistication of them as a business. for starters, the fact they had this stash house, a distribution hub in the midwest, also, when there was a problem with inventory the missing meth and cash, they subcontracted a gang to go to minneapolis. >> to put an analogy to this, this is a situation where very valuable property was lost, a loss to the organization, the organized crime entity. what they did was they sent their loss prevention people out to find out exactly what occurred. >> the primary product for them in the midwest is heroin. when the u.s. cracked down on the precursor chemicals for meth amphetamine, that shut down the mom and pop labs and drove the drugs to across the border of mexico where they can get them straight from asia. >> the cartel hired a gang to find the kids and now the cartel and the gang have a problem? >> they do. this is a screw-up for ms 13 and frankly a big find for agents. keep in mind your st

mexican boarder, the unique part is the cartel isn't using the own enforcers. that originated here in los angeles and has tens of thousands of members who are in the u.s. illegally. in this case, police say three ms-13 gang members flew from california to minnesota kidnapped two teenagers who the cartel believed had stolen 30 pounds of meth and $200,000. the teens were taken to a stash house, tied up and tortured for two days. the criminal complaint says they cut victim number two's left pinky finger with a pair of scissors, all participated in the holding of victim number two. victim number two passed out during that portion of the incident. the teens were eventually let go not not before the lives of their family members were threatened if they talk. because of witnesses, the fbi pounced arresting two of the three ms-13 suspects. they could lead the feds up the cartel food chain, but it could also lead to pay back. here is the dea. listen. >> someone is going to pay the piper that screwed this up. so clearly, there is going to be repercussions to that part of

. >>> cartel de drogas en michoacÁn nuevo. >>> estamos en cleveland dÓnde hace un aÑo tres jÓvenes escaparonla llamada casa del hospital errar tras diez aÑos de cautiverio. >>> gritos de enojo se alzan en todo el mundo por el secuestro de casi 300 niÑas a maps de extremistas islÁmico sen animoing rÍa. >>> hablamos con el jinete mexicano que ganÓ el kentucky derby con un caballo de poco pedigrÍ pero con sangre xoepd. >>> comenzamos ya. este es el noticiero telemundo. con josÉ y marÍa celeste. >>> muy buenas tardes marÍa celos este en la en signos especiales denunciaron en mÉxico que numerosos miembros atlas autodefensas unieron fuerzas con caco ayers templarios y otros grupos del crimen organizado para formar un nuevo cartel en michoacÁn la tercera hermandad como se hacen llamado aparecer quiere ser el grupo mÁs poderoso del estado. >>> raÚl torres con los detalles. >>>. >periodista: como sÍmbolo de poder en contra de los malos las xhoipts llevan las si de las 467893 autodefensas, y pero 467893 segÚn el procurador significa la tercera hermandad y serÍa un nuevo cartel de las drogas. >>> el di

these men armed themselves and town by town, they began to drive the cartel out. they call themselves self-defense forces. their leaders claim that 26,000 have joined the members. their advance has been lucked by many, but it has also plunged the state into a new kind of lu lessness. with just arrived we have heard that four heads have been discovered on the steps leading to this church here in this small town. it's a gruesome warning from the templars. the bodies were taken away by the authorities before we arrived, but people here tell me they expect little more from the investigation. in mexico, it's estimated 98% of crimes go unpunnished. failed by the state, the vigilantties say they have been left with no choice but to start a war. ♪ we are here to meet a wealthy farmer called paco. he left his orb charreds four months ago to coordinate vigilantes and i wanted to know why. many of the leaders are businessmen like paco. they own avocado plantations others are field workers or returning migrants. only of them are even professional mercenaries. we fallow the gr

. >>> 6 de los 8 carteles de la droga mÁs importantes de mÉxico estÁn operando en hasta texas. >>> yas donde hay un alto crimen en homicidios. uso y venta de drogas tambiÉn. >>> el oficial pulido, patrulla las calles de houston, todas las noches en busca de quienes venden la droga. >>> aquÍ es donde se vende muchas drogas. >>> su unidad se dedica exclusivamente a buscar narcÓticos. >>> a diario realizan de 3 a 4 arrestos como este >>> encontramos tambiÉn pastillas, Éxtasis. mira como se venden individualmente. le sorprende que quienes las venden son mÁs jÓvenes. >>> el perfil del que vende drogass. hemos visto de muchachos jÓvenes, 16, 17 aÑos >>> pese a los esfuerzos de diferentes agencias la gran mayorÍa de la droga enviada por los carteles, logra entrar a los estados unidos. >>> podemos decir que el 25% del trafico ilÍcito es detectado. >>> entonces, el 75% glarÍa entrar al paÍs christopher de mier dice que los carteles son grandes transnacional que diversifican el negocio. >>> no solo hacen droga. el trafico ilÍcito humano, de drogas, armas y de lavado de dinero. >>> aÑo tras aÑo

cual supuestamente esta integrada por miembros de las autodefensas, templarios y ex miembros del cartelta ahora estaban en pugna.. video nueva generación vs tuta ya desde hace meses en diversas municipios las autodefensas hacian sus rondines en camionetas en las que se leia el logoptipo h3 y tal y como lo documento este especialista , algunos nombre comenzaron a surgir. super rene jimenez /especialista en narcotrafico inq."se ha dado el caso de la aparición de personajes como el americano. simon el americano es conocido como el principal adversario de hipolito mora., a principios de marzo tuvieron un conflicto por unas tierras y dos de los hombres de simon aparecieron calcinados lo que hizo que ambos se acusaran de delincuentes y narcotraficantes.. super simon " el americano"/ miembro autodefensas inq ...nosotros no queremos confrontación, si ellos la inician si pero nosotros jamás. stand jazive perez/ ciudad de mexico inq ..hasta ahora ninguno de los involucrados ha negado estas versiones, pero el gobierno mexicano a través del comisionado de seguridad en michoacán desmintió el conteni

juan manuel rodrÍguez garcía es seÑalado como lÍder del cÁrtel del golfo, desde el 2003, durante losuellos elementos que no le eran totalmente afines a sus intereses. >> "juan perros"es seÑalado como la violencia que sea desatado en tamaulipas en los Últimos meses, debido a conflictos en el interior del cartel del golfo y los enfrentamientos con los zetas. >> esta situaciÓn generó una ola de violencia los municipios de reynosa, matamoros, rÍo vago, -bravo,tampico y valle hermoso. >> el lÍder de esa organizaciÓn fue detenido cuando se encontraba con su esposa e hijos. >> hay una extorsiÓn o cobro de derecho de piso, tambiÉn en proporciones graves que hacen que los de tamaulipas sean esclavos del cartel del golfo o de los zetas. >> tras como ocurriÓ en febrero pasado cuando se dio a conocer la captura de joaquÍn el chapo guzmÁn, el sujeto fue sacado de un hangar esposado y custodiado por elementos del ejÉrcito mexicano. >> se tienen indicios de que este individuo ordenaba los secuestros masivos de indocumentados a quienes obligaban a trabajar para ellos o de los contrarios, los asesina

una serie de carteles que incitan al odio en contra de hispanos aparecen en la calle y generan temora comunidad. ♪ ♪ >> este es el noticiero univisiÓn del fin de semana. ♪ ♪ >> buenas tardes y bienvenidos. el fuego en california ha sido la noticia que nos acompaÑa durante la semana, ahora estÁn cediendo gracias a las condiciones climatolÓgicas. bajas temperaturas y temperatura es lo que caracteriza al clima de esa zona del paÍs. tenemos la Última informaciÓn. >> el clima ha sido el mayor aliado para los bomberos del sur de california, que hace una semana vienen luchando contra feroces incendios que se desataron en san diego, debido a las severas sequÍas que azota al estado, las elevadas temperaturas rompieron rÉcord en esta zona del paÍs. >> los equipos que salieron a trabajar, estuvieron toda la noche y tuvieron la ventaja de que los vientos comenzaron a calmarse un poco y pudieron avanzar. >> se investiga quiÉn iniciÓ esta serie de incendios. dos jÓvenes y un adulto se encuentran detenidos por sospechosos. uno de ellos es responsable de otros incendios. han causado la muerte de una

the first sign of trouble, radio shatter from cartel lookouts. the foot soldiers, some barely 18, are sure they have been spotted. their leader says despite at a time danger, they must keep up the fight. >> we don't want the nights templar to regroup because if they do, they will just put our children in labor. a one-time camp for the cartel, the leader meets the top authority in the area who is also hunting for la tuta. the police rely on the vigil ante's knowledge of the terrain. they spend the day looking for clues but at each stop, the trail seems to have gone cold, a sign that their prey is always a step ahead of them. and their surge is anything but stealthy. towards the end of the day, it's a telling moment. they come upon another group of vigilantes with weapons drawn. they suspect them of being cartel members in discaguisdisg no shot was fired but the police commander die fuses the crisis and wants to make clear who is in chargeefuses the crisis and wants to make clear who is in char charge. >> if any of you search houses without (bleep)

the first sign of trouble - radio chatter from cartel look outs. the foot soldiers, some barely 18, are sure they've been spotted. their leader says despite the danger, they must keep up the fight. >> translation: we don't want the knights templar to regroup. if they do, they'll put children in slavery. >> at a one-time camp for the cartel the leader meets the top authority. the police rely on the vigilantes knowledge of the terrain. at each stop the trail is going cold, a sign that the pray is ahead of them. their search is anything but stealthy. towards the end of the day, it's a telling moment. they come up on another group of vigilantes and suspect them of being member in disguise. such are common, hard to prove. no shot was fired. they diffuse the crisis and want to make clear who is in charge. >> if any of you search houses i'll [ bleep ] you up, and if you to do others, i'll [ bleep ] you too. >> radio chatter. they hear talk about their position. they see trucks speeding into the night. a dangerous moment as they head to the camp. do they p

cartels in mexico has been ongoing for months now. as criminals become more clever in evading capture, the police have found new ways to find them. >> it's the eye in the sky to hunt down and capture criminals. from hundreds of meters above please police officers monitor neighborhoods for suspicious activity. >> before we started these fly overs criminals would escape. they would scale walls and rooftops and get away, and by the time we got on the scene it was too late. now with these helicopters we're able to arrest them. >> reporter: the officers on the ground monitor city streets with the help of hundreds of security cameras. whenever they suspect a crime, the pilots are called in to back up the operation. homicide are down 12% on a national level, but not in mexico. here murders rose from 303 to 374. some believe the spoke in violence may be cartels looking for mu territory as the government tries to push them out in the neighboring state. the serge in crime worries the mayor who approved the use of helicopters. >> we've seen kill

. >> still ahead, they have been fighting a war against the drug cartels in mexico and they're being told to lay down their arms, and they fled their homes in africa for what they thought was a better life in italy. but the dream is not coming true. those stories next on aljazeera. >> a south korean court will decide if the c-e-o of the company that owns the capsized ferry -- can be formally charged. authorities say he knew the boat was overloaded when it left the port - but didn't do anything about it. he is currently in custody along with the 15 surviving crew members. 273 people died and 31 others are still unaccounted for. >>> families of the ferry victims staged a sit-in in seoul. many clutching photos of their loved ones. and some could even be heard begging for just 'ten seconds' with the president. relatives want more answers from president park geun-hye about the search operations. a presidential aide plans to meet with the families later today. >>> in italy . silvio berlusconi is performing community service. the former prime minister . began his court-mandated service work

. >> verÁn como tres narcos del cartel d se sin mro sie sinaloa escaparse. >> demanda a lakers por supuestaiscriminaciÓn tenemos la respuesta del equipo y cientÍficos se las ingenian para seguirle el rastro a un inmenso tiburÓn hembra que se paseo por costas de la florida la ediciÓn jueves comienza ya texas han sido enviados para ser liberados en su mayorÍa se trata de mujeres y niÑos y esta acciÓn ha dado pie a crÍticas de grupos que piden seguridad en la flon tera como organizaciÓn, tiene la polÉmica. >> sandra fue detenida por la patrulla fronteriza en texas despuÉs de ingresar ilegalmente a estados unidos pero ya en tucson arizona esperaba ilusionada con sus dos hijos pequeÑos el autobÚs que la llevarÍa a nueva orleans para reunirse con su hermano. >> voy a trabajar, voy a ayudar a mis dos hijos que tengo en honduras y pues voy a seguir dando estudio. >> ella es una entre cientos de inmigrantes quien en dÍas recientes han sido liberado en su esta estaciÓn de autobÚs son mujeres con niÑos se estima que en esta semana llegaron aproximadamente 400 a arizona desde texas acuerdo a autoridade

vigilantes amassed the fire power for a war against a fierce cartel. that the knights templar largely disappeared, the government is telling the vigilantes to stand down. once registered vigilantes can keep their guns, starting saturday, they can no longer patrol a self-defence unit. >> translation: we are going to keep working as rural police, rural defence forces. >> the security commissioner says anyone controlling without official authority saturday will be arrested. >> from may 11th any self-defence member carrying a gun, patrolling, ridding the streets without being in an official uniform or the authority of the state will be detained. some are wary of disarming, especially in light of reports that a new cartel is forming. earlier this year they were entangled in a war involving the cartel, vigilantes and a security force. some call it a failed state. thousands chose to follow the government's plan, fearing they could lose their gun. >> reporter: after operating outside the law, vigilantes are putting their face in it. scenes of mutual trust betw

se abre surgimiento de un nuevo cartel de las drogas, en el estado. de las autodefensas, los caballeros templarios y el cartel jalisco, nueva generaciÓn. el gobierno niega la existencia de este nuevo grupo militar. >> de manera errÓnea se ha seÑalado la supuesta existencia de nuevo cartel denominado h3, en este municipio. >> sÓlo si somos capaces de modificar las condiciones, que se han presentado en los Últimos aÑos, en michoacÁn, serÁ posible que la soluciÓn sea una soluciÓn duradera. y no, como ha sucedido hasta el momento, que lo que tenemos son sustituciones de grupos y delincuentes. >> la entrega y el registro de armas de los grupos de autodefensa. una tarea, que debe culminar el 10 de mayo. por algunos integrante de las autodefensas, si llamÁndole pobladores a defender el territorio del crimen organizado. >> es difÍcil dejarlo. tenemos que sacar esta lucha a como dÉ lugar! y tenemos que buscar en todos los rincones, y crimen organizado. >> su desarme pueda finalizarse en la fecha prevista. >> de acuerdo al diario excÉlsior, entre los integrante

representamos a ningÚn cartel y jamÁs vamos a permitir que ningÚn cartel venga a pisar otra vez lasndo lugar pues es la gente que apoya a este comisionado federal que ya los armÓ, ya los uniformÓ, ya hasta son gobierno. al principio nosotros tenemos que combatir a criminales del crimen organizado de los caballeros templarios y a los funcionarios del gobierno del estado de michoacÁn que estaban coludidos con ellos. tenemos que cambiar nosotros nuestra tÉcnica, porque nosotros jamÁs le hemos declarado la guerra al gobierno federal, ni siquiera al del estado de michoacÁn. pudimos ganarle la guerra al estado, ya estÁ chucho reyna en prisiÓn, ya estÁn los presidentes pues en prisiÓn, pero hay muchos que estÁn sueltos, y yo a todos esos les estorbo y todos esos hieren matarme. >> ¿usted se estÁ escondiendo? y, ¿por quÉ decide hablar con nosotros, con la prensa en los estados unidos y no con la prensa en mÉxico? >> en primer lugar, porque gracias a la opiniÓn pÚblica internacional, gracias a la prensa internacional y a todo lo que nuestros compaÑeros migrantes han hecho por nosotros en est