Osiel Cárdenas Guillén
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| Osiel Cárdenas Guillén | |
|---|---|
| Born | Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Residence | Matamoros, Tamaulipas, |
| Nationality | Mexican |
| Ethnicity | Mexican |
| Citizenship | México |
| Occupation | Drug Lord |
| Home town | Matamoros, Tamaulipas, |
| Known for | Drug lord and murder |
| Title | Boss |
Osiel Cárdenas Guillén (born May 18, 1967 in Matamoros, Tamaulipas) is a Mexican drug lord who is the symbolic leader of the Gulf Cartel (Spanish: Cartel del Golfo). Originally a mechanic in Matamoros, he entered the Gulf Cartel by helping Chava Gómez (the capo at the time) and he later took control by killing Gómez, earning Cárdenas the nickname "el Mata Amigos" (The Friend-Killer).
In 1999, in Matamoros, he allegedly threatened to kill two U.S. federal agents (one from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and another from the Drug Enforcement Administration) who were transporting a Gulf Cartel informant through Matamoros. Cardenas and more than a dozen of his men surrounded the agents' car near downtown. After a tense standoff, the agents were able to talk their way out of being killed by reminding Cárdenas that the U.S. would hunt him for the rest of his life. After the incident, the Federal Bureau of Investigation would offer a $2 million award for Cárdenas' arrest.
Cárdenas was captured by the Mexican Army in a battle with Gulf Cartel soldiers on March 14, 2003 in Matamoros.[1] Though subsequently incarcerated at Penal del Altiplano (La Palma), Mexico's top security prison, it was widely believed that he continued to have control over Gulf Cartel business from within prison walls.
On January 20, 2007, he was extradited to the United States to stand trial for conspiracy to import multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine into the United States, as well as the 1999 incident involving the two U.S. Federal Agents.[2]
On May 1, 2008, while still in jail, Cárdenas threw a Day of the Child party for 2,000 people in Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila, replete with banners, ponies, clowns, food and music. [3]
[edit] References
- ^ BBC News - 'Drug boss' captured in Mexico
- ^ JURIST - Mexico extradites cartel kingpins to US
- ^ BorderReporter.com - Happy Children’s Day, Love Grandpa Cocaine
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