Founded by Arturo Guzmán Decena, this group has often alleged that the Mexican government has supported their rivals, the Sinaloa Cartel. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this extremely violent crime syndicate whose core membership was made up of deserters from the Mexican Special Forces. Founded in Tamaulipas, they briefly became the country’s largest drug cartel around 2012.
ANSWER: Los Zetas [or “The Z’s”]
[10e] Conspiracy theorists claim that this drug lord’s 2001 escape from prison in a laundry cart was engineered by the government of Vicente Fox, in keeping with government support of his Sinaloa Cartel.
ANSWER: El Chapo [or Joaquín Guzmán Loera]
[10h] Many questions also surround the 1993 death of Juan Jesus Posadas Ocampo, a man with this position, who was supposedly mistaken for Chapo despite being 30 years older.
ANSWER: Cardinal of the Catholic Church [or Archbishop of the See of Guadalajara; prompt on priest or bishop]
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