Jacob Diaz

The Reynosa-McAllen area served as one of the Gulf cartel's key drug smuggling corridors.

Given its strategic importance, the Zetas were assigned responsibility for administering and protecting the Reynosa Plaza.

As a leader of Los Zetas, Efrain Teodoro Torres, known by his callsign Z-14, was one of the men responsible for overseeing the Gulf cartel's Reynosa operation.

Torres was one of the original 14 Special Forces soldiers who deserted the military to form the Zetas.

Although not in overall command, Torres played a key role in the Reynosa operation.

Not only did Torres maintain a business relationship with Vicente Guerrero's drug ring, he was the Zeta that compromised a U.S.

Customs and Border Protection agent who had fallen in love with the handsome former Special Forces officer turned successful businessman.

Thereafter, the Zetas spotters being directed their drivers to the border crossing lanes where Torres' girlfriend would wave the trucks through, thus allowing tons of to enter into the United States without any risk of detection.

Despite Diaz's willingness to get deeper involved in Ole's distribution, he refused.

Ole let the teen translate for him, and on one occasion, he asked Diaz to help him count out $100,000 in cash.

Other than that, however, Ole didn't want him involved.

Instead, Diaz enrolled in the College of Central Florida and eventually transferred to the University of Central Florida.

Ole brought in two of his cousins from Texas.

Losers, announces Diaz.

They didn't have a brain between them.

We never got along.

Over the next six months, they acted as drivers and translators for Ole, while Diaz attended classes.

Although only peripherally involved, he began paying attention to the mechanics of Ole's network.

50 to 60 kilos of cocaine would arrive from Houston, Texas every week to two weeks.

The product would be stored at one of the stash houses and distributed to various drug traffickers in Central Florida throughout the weeks.