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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.
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HOUSTON—The former head of the notorious Gulf Cartel, Osiel Cardenas-Guillen, 42, of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, has been sentenced to serve 25 years in federal prison without parole and...
Osiel Cárdenas Guillén (Heroica Matamoros, Tamaulipas, México, 18 de mayo de 1967) es un exnarcotraficante y terrorista, mexicano exlíder del Cártel del Golfo. Tras su captura, se le dieron dos opciones: refugiarse en Estados Unidos a cambio de información o ser recluido en una cárcel estadounidense.
As Gulf Cartel leader Osiel Cardenas Guillen gained regional power and recognition in Mexico’s Tamaulipas State during the late 1990s, he became increasingly paranoid. The Gulf Cartel was not his to absolutely control; there were several rivals across Tamaulipas State that Guillen needed to “bend the knee or die.”.
Feb 26, 2010 · Osiel Cárdenas Guillén, the head of the Gulf Cartel on the Texas border, has agreed to cooperate with the federal government, according to the transcript of the hearing.
Osiel Cárdenas Guillén was competing for leadership of the Gulf Cartel, an organized crime group that controlled a significant portion of Mexico’s drug trade from its base in Tamaulipas state in northeastern Mexico. He recruited about 30 former members of Mexico’s special forces, led by….
Feb 24, 2010 · While head of the Gulf Cartel, Cardenas-Guillen oversaw a vast drug trafficking empire responsible for the importation of thousands of kilograms of cocaine and marijuana into the United States...
Feb 25, 2010 · Osiel Cardenas Guillen, the former head of a powerful Mexican drug cartel, was sentenced to 25 years in prison and will forfeit to the United States $50 million in illegal proceeds, a...
Aug 27, 2018 · Osiel Cárdenas Jr., 26, known in crime circles as “Mini Osiel” or “Osielillo,” was sentenced in Brownsville on Monday to more than two years in prison.
Sep 23, 2014 · Osiel Cardenas-Guillen was convicted of federal drug charges by the Southern District of Texas in 2010 and is serving a 25-year prison term. His uncle, Tormenta–Cardenas Guillen, was reported killed in November 2010.
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