Efraín Teodoro Torres

Efraín Teodoro Torres
Died3 March 2007
Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico
Resting placePoza Rica, Veracruz, Mexico
(Before body was snatched)
Other namesZ-14
El Efra
El Chispa
Organization(s)Mexican Army (1991–1998)
Gulf Cartel\Los Zetas (1998–2007)

Efraín Teodoro Torres (died 3 March 2007) was a Mexican suspected drug lord and one of the founders of Los Zetas, a criminal organization formed by former soldiers of the Mexican Armed Forces. He joined the Mexican Army in mid-1991 but deserted after seven years of service. In 1998, Torres was recruited by the drug lord Osiel Cárdenas Guillén to join the ranks of the Gulf Cartel, a drug trafficking organization. The new group formed by ex-commandos came to be known as Los Zetas.

Torres was killed in the city of Veracruz, following a dispute surrounding a horse race competition on 3 March 2007. After his body was buried, his own gunmen broke into the cemetery that same night and stole his body. Following his death, Miguel Treviño Morales became the leader of Los Zetas statewide.

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