Osiel Cárdenas Guillén, one of Mexico’s most-feared drug lords, has been released from a U.S. prison after serving most of a 25-year prison sentence. On Friday, an official of the U.S. Bureau of Prisons confirmed Cárdenas Guillén had been released from prison and placed in the custody of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
FILE - A soldier enters a bullet-riddled home covered by the initials of the Gulf Cartel and Zetas in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas state, Mexico , Sept. 6, 2014. MEXICO CITY — Osiel Cárdenas Guillén, one of Mexico ’s most-feared drug lords, has been released from a U.S. prison after serving most of a 25-year prison sentence, authorities confirmed Friday.
A Mexican official who was not authorized to be quoted by name said Cárdenas Guillén faces two arrest warrants in Mexico, making it likely he would be detained upon arrival. The 57-year-old native of the border city of Matamoros, Mexico, moved tons of cocaine and made millions of dollars through the Gulf cartel, based in the border cities of Reynosa and Matamoros.AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
The Zetas lived on long after Cárdenas Guillén was captured in 2003. By 2010, the Zetas had formed their own cartel, spreading terror-style attacks across Mexico as far south as Tabasco until their top leaders were killed or arrested in 2012-2013.
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