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Osiel Cárdenas Guillén (born 18 May 1967) is a Mexican drug lord and the former leader of the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas. Originally a mechanic in Matamoros, Tamaulipas , he entered the cartel by killing Juan García Abrego 's friend and competitor Salvador Gómez, after the former's arrest in 1996.
Mexican drug kingpin Osiel Cardenas Guillen, former leader of the notorious Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas criminal gang, was released Friday from a U.S. prison and handed over to the immigration ...
By 2010, the Zetas had formed their own cartel, spreading terror-style attacks across Mexico as far south as Tabasco until their top leaders were killed or arrested in 2012-2013.
The Biden administration has released a notorious Mexican drug cartel leader from U.S. federal prison and is planning to hand him over to Mexico, a U.S. official told NBC News.. Osiel Cárdenas ...
Formerly allied to the Gulf Cartel—as part of Los Zetas [6] [7] —it split off in 2006. [6] [8] The cartel was founded by Carlos Rosales Mendoza, a close associate of Osiel Cárdenas. The second leader, Nazario Moreno González, known as El Más Loco (English: The Craziest One), [9] preached his organization's divine right to eliminate enemies.
After splitting off, the Zetas Vieja Escuela began with a base in northern Veracruz and have since split. gradually extended through much of the center and east of the country, with a presence in Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas (especially the municipalities of Río Bravo, Valle Hermoso and San Fernando), San Luis Potosí, Quintana Roo and ...
Cardenas founded the Zetas, an armed wing of the Gulf Cartel made ... -One of the most notorious drug chiefs in Mexico's history, Osiel Cardenas, was released from a U.S. prison on Friday into the ...
Osiel Cárdenas Guillén (born 18 May 1967) is a former Mexican drug lord who was the leader of the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas. Originally a mechanic in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Guillén eventually became involved in the illegal drug trade the Gulf Cartel before becoming its leader in 1997 by assassinating drug lord Salvador Gómez Herrera.