Z-40: The Cartel Boss Who Betrayed His Own Commander

For years, the United States government had offered five million dollars for information leading to his capture. For years, he had been one of the most feared men in the hemisphere — a commander who controlled thousands of armed operators and effective influence over a vast stretch of Mexican territory. And now he sits in a courtroom in the capital of the country he had spent his life sending drugs into, facing charges that, according to reporters at the hearing, could carry the possibility of the death penalty. His name is Miguel Ángel Treviño Morales. But almost no one calls him that. They call him Z-40.