Report: Former Zetas cartel leader used to eat victims

A forensic expert (L) speaks with a federal policeman in a cemetery near Pachuca, Hidalgo State, on October 22, 2012. Mexican experts took DNA samples from the corpse of a relative of the head of Los Zetas, Heriberto Lazcano, aka 'El Lazca', to compare them with those of the Chief of the drug trafficking. Lazcano was reportedly shot dead in Coahuila, one of the border states that have been at the epicenter of Mexico's vicious drug war, believed to have claimed some 60,000 lives since the launch of a military crackdown in 2006. AFP PHOTO/DAVID MARTINEZDavid Martinez/AFP/Getty Images less A forensic expert (L) speaks with a federal policeman in a cemetery near Pachuca, Hidalgo State, on October 22, 2012. Mexican experts took DNA samples from the corpse of a relative of the head of Los Zetas, ... more Photo: DAVID MARTINEZ, AFP/Getty Images Photo: DAVID MARTINEZ, AFP/Getty Images Image 1 of / 23 Caption Close Report: Former Zetas cartel leader used to eat victims 1 / 23 Back to Gallery

In an interview with Mexican publication El Blog del Narco, a reporter said a now-deceased Zetas cartel leader used to eat the flesh of victims.

The journalist told the publication he had seen former Zetas leader Heriberto Lazcano, or "El Lazca," eat human flesh, according to El Blog del Narco. He said after the cartel leader would have someone killed, the victim would be cleaned and shaved, according to the publication.

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Lazcano would have the flesh prepared in a tamale dish, the journalist said in the report, and would consume skin from a victim's buttocks, the journalist said in the report.

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Lazcano was killed in 2012, according to news archives.

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