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“I thought I was Superman. I loved doing it, killing that first person," Reta says on the videotape obtained by CNN. “They tried to take the gun away, but it was like taking candy from kid.”
Rosalio Reta and his friend, Gabriel Cardona, were members of a three-person cell of American teenagers working as cartel hit men in the United States, according to prosecutors. The third was arrested by Mexican authorities and stabbed to death in prison there three days later.
..."There are sleeper cells in the U.S.,” said Detective Garcia. “They’re here, they’re here in the United States.” ...Reta and Cardona were recruited into a group called “Los Zetas,” a group made up of former members of the Mexican special military forces. They’re considered ruthless in how they carry out attacks. “Los Zetas” liked what they saw in Cardona and Reta.
Both teenagers received six-month military-style training on a Mexican ranch.
...In Cardona’s interrogation tape, there are clues that “Los Zetas” are reaching deeper and deeper into the United States. Cardona is asked, “Where else are the Zetas?” And Cardona responds, “I’ve heard in Dallas and Houston.”
And that’s why the cartel recruited these young Americans. Cardona and Reta could move freely and easily back and forth across the border with Mexico.
...Cardona laughs as he describes torturing the two boys and dumping their bodies in large metal drums filled with diesel fuel. He says he made “guiso,” or stew, with their bodies.
...(Prosecutors say during his trial Reta used make-up to cover the facial markings.)
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