After a shoot-out with Mexican authorities in 2003, Cardenas Guillen, whose brothers were also involved in the Gulf Cartel, was jailed before his extradition to the U.S. in 2007. He was sentenced to ...

There had been nervousness about the impending return of Cárdenas Guillén, who once led the feared Gulf cartel in northeastern Mexico before he was arrested and extradited to the United States ...

Cárdenas Guillén’s nickname was "El Mata Amigos," or "The one who kills his friends," and the 57-year-old once moved tons of cocaine and made millions of dollars while leading the Gulf cartel ...

Dec. 19—A 42-year-old San Benito man who was a key player for the Gulf Cartel in a large-scale cocaine smuggling trafficking network that moved drugs to North Carolina, Florida, Georgia ...

The U.S. government deported drug lord Osiel Cardenas on Monday, transferring custody of the ex-Gulf Cartel chief known for hyper-violent tactics to Mexican authorities at the border city of ...

Mexican drug kingpin Osiel Cardenas Guillen, former leader of the notorious Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas criminal gang, was deported from the US to Mexico Monday after serving years in prison ...

But what he became infamous for was recruiting members of Mexico's elite special forces and using them as hitmen and enforcers for the Gulf cartel. The law enforcers-turned-contract killers became ...

The U.S. government deported drug lord Osiel Cardenas on Monday, transferring custody of the ex-Gulf Cartel chief ... 19 suspected gang members, while one local cartel leader was arrested ...

MEXICO CITY, Dec 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. government deported drug lord Osiel Cardenas on Monday, transferring custody of the ex-Gulf Cartel chief known for hyper-violent tactics to Mexican ...