Jacob Diaz

We didn't have to worry about getting the product transported from Texas.

All that was handled by Garza.

Much to everyone's surprise, the Beltran-Leva organization and their allies, including Los Zetas, were able to fight the Sinaloa cartel to a draw.

By then, the Zetas had split with the Gulf cartel and had merged with the Beltran-Leva organization, creating the second most powerful syndicate to the Federation.

Although the Beltranleva organization lost control of their territories in Sinaloa and Sonora, the organization gained control of the southern plazas and the center of the country, Mexico City, and the state of Morelos.

Because of their alliance with the Zetas, they had gained access to the plazas in northeast Mexico, including the Reynosa, Metamoros, Nuevo Laredo, and Tampico drug corridors.

Thus, for Diaz and Ole, nothing changed over the next 15 months.

They bounced between Mexico and Florida, conducting their affairs while the war between the cartels raged on.

Ole coordinated the shipments of product from Mexico City, while Diaz coordinated the deliveries with Ole's cousin, Rodriguez Medeiros.

By this point, Diaz was handling both the distribution of the product end as well as collecting the proceeds.

He was also responsible for transporting the cartel's money.

In December 2009, the Mexican government began an offensive against the Beltran-Leva organization.

On December 11th, a unit of naval special forces backed by attack helicopters raided a house in a luxury gated community outside of Mexico City.

There was a shootout and three gunmen died, but Arturo Beltran-Leva and a group of his security forces escaped.

Nearly a week later, the Mexican authorities tracked Arturo to a luxury condominium in a suburb of Cuernavaca,

where they trapped him inside.

Arturo's men counterattacked, firing machine guns and throwing hand grenades.

While Arturo's security detail were firing out of windows, he called his old friend Valdez Villarreal and asked him to send a team of hitmen to help him break out.

Unfortunately for Arturo, after conducting some surveillance of the siege, Valdez Villarreal told Arturo his situation was helpless.

Give yourself up.