After The Capture Of It's Leader, What Is The Future For Mexico's Zetas Drug Cartel?

Analysis: Drug Kingpin's Capture Spurs Hope Mexico Can Subdue Violent Cartels -- Reuters

(Reuters) - The dramatic capture of the boss of the Zetas drug cartel provides fresh evidence that Mexican authorities are starting to win their protracted fight against a gang that has done more than any other to stain the country's name with its brutality.

But even with Miguel Angel Trevino now in custody, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto still has the difficult task of taming other cartels even as he creates a new militarized police force to take over the fight waged for years by the military.

The Mexican government said late on Monday it had arrested Trevino - also known by the alias Z-40 - in a raid near his hometown of Nuevo Laredo on the U.S. border.

In the past 10 months, three of the Zetas four most-wanted leaders have been killed or captured by Mexico's armed forces, including the 40-year-old Trevino, whose younger brother Omar is now the only top-level member of the cartel still at large.

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Update #1: Mexican Capo's Capture Signals New Fight -- Wall Street Journal
Update #2: Los Zetas Leader's Arrest Leaves Drug Cartel Down But Not Out, Experts Say -- FOX News Latino
Update #3: Arrest of Mexican drugs boss could herald end for Zetas cartel -- The Guardian

My Comment: A very small victory in a very long war that shows no signs of ending.