2005 - FBI via FOIA: "The original Zetas are members-turned-deserters of Mexico's elite Airmobile Special Forces Group (GAFE), trained in the U.S. at the School

2005 - FBI via FOIA: "The original Zetas are members-turned-deserters of Mexico's elite Airmobile Special Forces Group (GAFE), trained in the U.S. at the School of the Americas at Fort Benning, GA." 2009 - State Dept via Wikileaks:"[yes, but it was only one guy, Rogelio Lopez Villafana]" 2010: "Some of the cartel’s initial members were elite Mexican troops, trained in the early 1990s by America’s 7th Special Forces Group or 'snake eaters' at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, a former US special operations commander has told Al Jazeera"