Mexican authorities, aided by military personnel apparently, have seized over 350,000 bootleg CDs plus thousands of DVDs and no less than 1800 CD burners from a piracy facility in Veracruz, according to the International Federation Of The Phonographic Industry. It's thought the piracy operation was run by an organisation called Loz Zetas, which supports the country's notorious drug smuggling organisation the Gulf Carte
An IFPI statement goes as follows: "It seems that besides providing protection and security to the Gulf Cartel, these individuals are now reproducing pirate music and films in the various states throughout Mexico. The group controls distribution of the pirate products by threatening merchants that refuse sell their branded products. According to authorities, the large number of burners seized in the operation will have an impact on the short term supply of pirate product in the Veracruz area".