MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The U.S. authorities deported drug lord Osiel Cardenas Guillen to Mexico on Monday, transferring custody of the ex-leader of the Gulf Cartel to Mexican authorities on the border metropolis of Tijuana, two federal authorities officers advised Reuters.
One of many sources famous that the one-time cartel chief had been taken to Mexico’s Almoloya jail, and that he now faces three prison fees, together with one associated to organized crime.
Cardenas Guillen was freed in August after serving greater than twenty years years behind bars in a most safety U.S. jail, and since then has been held by U.S. immigration officers.
Previous to his seize in a 2003 gun battle, he presided over a few of the bloodiest gang violence in Mexico’s turbulent previous, blamed for reworking drug trafficking by embracing hyper-violent techniques together with decapitations.
Cardenas Guillen additionally based what turned the infamous Zetas cartel, an armed wing of the Gulf Cartel made up of former military particular forces, additionally identified for excessive violence.
