Osiel Cárdenas Guillén

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Osiel Cardenas (born May 18, 1967 in Matamoros ) is a Mexican criminal and former leader of the Gulf cartel .

Osiel Cardenas is the brother of Ezequiel Cárdenas Guillén .

On March 14, 2003, Osiel Cardenas was arrested in an exchange of fire with the Mexican military . He was one of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives at the time and had a $ 2 million bounty on him.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Five members of Los Zetas arrested for Monterrey Massacre. In: The Pan-American Post , August 30, 2011.
  2. 'Drug boss' captured in Mexico. In: BBC News , March 15, 2003.
  3. Osiel Cardenas-Guillen, Former Head of the Gulf Cartel, Sentenced to 25 Years' Imprisonment. In: Federal Bureau of Investigation , February 24, 2010.