[4] His brother, Mario Cárdenas Guillén, worked for the Gulf Cartel, as did another brother, Antonio Cárdenas Guillén, who was killed by Mexican Marines on 5 November 2010. [39][40] Cárdenas demanded that the agents and the informant get out of their vehicle, but they refused to obey his orders. Osiel Cárdenas Guillén, former leader of the Gulf Cartel: In 2010, a Texas judge handed down a 25-year prison sentence against Cárdenas Guillén. En 1998, asesinó a su amigo y líder del Cártel del Golfo, Salvador Gómez Herrera, para quedarse al mando de la organización. [8] This led several cartel lieutenants to fight for the leadership. In 2007, Osiel Cárdenas was extradited to the United States and charged with conspiracy to traffic large amounts of marijuana and cocaine, violating the Continuing Criminal Enterprise Statute (also known as The Kingpin Statute), and for threatening two U.S. federal officers. Home; Books; Search; Support. He tried to reorganize the cartel by appointing several lieutenants to control specific territories. Se fueron a vivir juntos a uno de los talleres mecánicos donde trabajaba pero ahí fue donde su destino cambió pues comenzó a traficar cocaína. As confrontations with rival groups heated up, Osiel Cárdenas sought and recruited over 30 deserters from the Grupo Aeromóvil de Fuerzas Especialesto form the cartel's armed wing. associate relationship with Costilla Sánchez, Jorge Eduardo (born 6 June 1971) Osiel Cárdenas Guillén (Matamoros, Tamaulipas, México, 18 de mayo de 1967) es el exlíder del Cártel del Golfo, tras su captura se le dieron dos opciones: Refugio en Estados Unidos a cambio de información o reclusión en una cárcel estadounidense. [66] In exchange for a 25-year sentence, he agreed to collaborate with U.S. agents in intelligence information. Nearly $30 million of the former drug lord's assets were distributed among several Texas law enforcement agencies. [7] He was to be replaced by Óscar Malherbe de León and Raúl Valladares del Ángel, until their arrest a short time later. He was one of the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, which was offering $2 million for his capture. [9] Hugo Baldomero Medina Garza, known as El Señor de los Tráilers, is considered one of the most important members of the Gulf Cartel. [53] Lieutenants who were once loyal to Cárdenas began following Lazcano's orders. [46] According to government archives, this six-month military operation was planned and carried out in secret; the only people informed were President Vicente Fox, Mexico's Secretary of Defense Gerardo Clemente Vega, and Mexico's Attorney General, Rafael Macedo de la Concha. They also fought for coastal cities Acapulco and Cancún; the state capital of Monterrey, and the states of Veracruz and San Luis Potosí. [64] Cárdenas was isolated from interacting with other prisoners at ADX Florence. Osiel's brother, Mario Cárdenas Guillén, worked for the Gulf Cartel, as did another brother, Antonio Ezequiel Cárdenas Guillen, who was killed by Mexican Marines on November 5, 2010. Osiel Cárdenas Guillén (a sinistra) Osiel Cárdenas Guillén (Matamoros, 18 maggio 1967) è un criminale messicano, ex capo del cartello del Golfo e degli Zeta. Apenas había terminado la secundaria y a los 19 años se enamoró y se casó con su compañera de trabajo Celia Salinas. Aslen Tamaulipas'ta bir tamirci olarak, 1996'da ilk tutuklanmasının ardından Juan García Ábrego 'nun arkadaşı ve rakibi Salvador Gómez'i öldürerek kartele girdi. [5], Following Juan García Ábrego's 1996 arrest by Mexican authorities and subsequent deportation to the United States, his brother Humberto García Ábrego tried to take over the leadership of the Gulf Cartel but ultimately failed in his attempt. Osiel Cárdenas Guillén, quien fue el peligroso líder del Cártel del Golfo también se encuentra en una prisión de Estados Unidos como El Chapo Guzmán. [20] Among the original defectors were Jaime González Durán,[21] Jesús Enrique Rejón Aguilar,[22] and Heriberto Lazcano,[23] who was killed in 2012 while he was the supreme leader of Los Zetas. [19] They were enticed with salaries much higher than those paid by the Mexican Army. [67] The U.S. federal court awarded two helicopters owned by Osiel Cárdenas to the Business Development Bank of Canada and GE Canada Equipment Financing respectively; and both of them were bought using "drug proceeds". Ya estás suscrito a nuestro newsletter. Le frère d'Osiel, Mario Cárdenas Guillén, a travaillé pour le Cartel du Golfe, de même qu'un autre frère, Antonio Ezequiel Cárdenas Guillen, tué par d… El 21 de marzo se le dicta auto de formal prisión por los delitos de delincuencia organizada y daños contra la salud, en diversas modalidades. [47] After his capture, Osiel Cárdenas was sent to the federal, high-security prison La Palma. The creation of Los Zetas ushered in a new era of drug trafficking in Mexico. [60] The standoff the two agents had with the drug lord in 1999 in the city of Matamoros led to the U.S. indicting Cárdenas and pressuring the Mexican government to capture him. Neither the U.S. government nor the federal court where he faced trial released any details of the case against him. [42], On 1 June 2001, the U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctioned Cárdenas under the Kingpin Act, for his involvement in drug trafficking along with eleven other international criminals. [25], One of the first missions of Los Zetas was to eradicate Los Chachos, a group of drug traffickers under the orders of the Milenio Cartel, who disputed the drug corridors of Tamaulipas with the Gulf Cartel in 2003. Osiel Cárdenas Guillén (born 18 May 1967) is a Mexican drug lord and the former leader of the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas.