Without a ruthless cartel brothers and sisters-know as “Z-40” and “Z-42” -Foteded in the United States, accused of murder and torture

The former leader of the violent Mexican cartel in Mexico and the sisters on Friday were awarded in the United States on a charges, including drug trade, possession of firearms and money laundering, the US Ministry of Justice said.

Brethren Miguel and Omar Trevino Morales -liases “Z-40” and “Z-42”-said one of the most powerful and brightest groups for organized crime in Mexico to collapse.

They were Among 29 drug suspects Mexico expelled this to the United States last month, because he faces high pressure from US President Donald Trump to fight drug smuggling.

The brothers in Washington received “on charges that they had joined a continuous criminal company that included multiple conspiracy of murder”, “Ministry of Justice in a statement.

Their second accusation included “a conspiracy for the production and distribution of large quantities of cocaine and marijuana intended for the United States, using firearms – including a machine gun – during and in connection with drug trafficking crimes and consumption of monetary instruments washing.”

Zetas was founded by the deserts of Mexican special forces known for their brutality.

Miguel Trevino Morales led Zetas until the Mexican authorities arrested him in 2013, when his brother Omar took over until his arrest in 2015, the Ministry of Justice said.

“After their arrests, the accused allegedly renamed Los Zetas to Cartel del Norete (CDN) and continued to control the cartel while they were in a prison in Mexico,” he added.

State Department said last month determined the CDN As a “foreign terrorist organization”.

Washington accuses the two brothers of “personally responsible” for committing dozens of murders and for directing murders, abductions and torture.

Both said on Friday that they were not guilty, and they were facing the possibility of a death penalty if convicted, reporters said at the hearing.

“As allegedly, the accused represent some of the most dangerous world leaders of Cartel, who overseen the terror of the terror in Los Zetas with grotesque unpunction and ruthlessness and pure disrespect for anything outside their wealth, power and control,” acting special agent Michael Alfonso said of Icelandic security research statement.

Among other suspects expelled in the US last month Rafael Caro QuinteroWho is looking for the infamous murder of us agent dea Enrique “Kiki” Camaren 1985.

Last month Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum warned He will never tolerate the invasion of his national sovereignty by the United States, after Washington has gripped with mexican multiple cartels with terrorist organizations.

“This cannot be an opportunity for now to attack our sovereignty,” she said. “With Mexico, it’s collaboration and coordination, never subordinate or interventionism.”

Tech billionaire Elon Musk, who got a a prominent role In Trump’s administration, said on social media Cartel label “means that they are eligible for strokes of drones.”