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  • noun Plural form of zeta.

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Examples

  • Here are some particularly nasty "zetas" - self-confessed as such - presumably responsible for chopping off a dozen guys 'heads down in the Yucatan.

    The Mex Files 2008

  • And many soldiers are losing the will to fight: in 2007, more than 18,000 soldiers deserted, and reports of deserters joining the drug cartels as "zetas," or hired guns, are growing.

    Crime Crackdown 2008

  • So these are supossed to be the bodies of mafia guys from the "zetas" group killed by who once were their employers the "cartel del golfo".

    Documenting Reality medicoanonimo 2010

  • Tamaulipas is in the midst of a bloody turf battle between the zetas and their former bosses, the Gulf Cartel, for control of the border between Laredo and Brownsville.

    Bodies Of 72 Massacred Migrants Found In Mexico 2010

  • Tamaulipas is in the midst of a bloody turf battle between the zetas and their former bosses, the Gulf Cartel, for control of the border between Laredo and Brownsville.

    Bodies Of 72 Massacred Migrants Found In Mexico 2010

  • Tamaulipas is in the midst of a bloody turf battle between the zetas and their former bosses, the Gulf Cartel, for control of the border between Laredo and Brownsville.

    Bodies Of 72 Massacred Migrants Found In Mexico 2010

  • Haven't most of our alphas gone to omegas these days? or zetas, or whatever?

    The Big Picture 2008

  • And along with the threats scribbled on this hostage's body is a big Z which stands for zetas (ph), the name of one of Mexico's many drug cartel hit squads.

    CNN Transcript Apr 14, 2007 2007

  • Marines also found bulletproof vests with the letter "Z", the zetas symbol, on the front.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • The videos have been posted by a group believed linked to the powerful Sinaloa cartel that calls itself the "mata zetas," or "Zetas Killers."

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2011

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  • ...

    As conspiracies unwind

    Will you slam shut

    Or free your mind

    Or stay hypnotised

    When the Zetas fill the skies

    Will our leaders tell us why

    ...

    -- Muse, Exo-Politics

    Just a random association.

    December 26, 2008