Federal authorities ratchet up the pressure on Mexico 's notorious Gulf War . ` We have learned that the most effective way to disrupt and dismantle criminal organizations is to prosecute their leaders and seize their funding , '' Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer said in a statement . Federal indictment names Mexico , three other top leaders in drug cartel . Plan to disrupt cartel : ` ` Prosecute their leaders and remove their funding '' Enforcement arm of cartel is known as Los Zetas ; cartel operates in 17 cities .
Federal authorities ratchet up the pressure on Mexico 's notorious Gulf War . Federal indictment names Mexico , three other top leaders in drug cartel . Plan to disrupt cartel : ` ` Prosecute their leaders and remove their funding '' Enforcement arm of cartel is known as Los Zetas ; cartel operates in 17 cities .