Mexican drug lord Osiel Cárdenas Guillén released from US prison, may be deported

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 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. He created the most bloodthirsty gang of hitmen Mexico has ever known, the Zetas, which routinely slaughtered migrants and innocent people. 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. 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. An offshoot of the Zetas, the Northeast cartel, continues to control the border city of Nuevo Laredo, across from Laredo, Texas. But Cárdenas Guillén’s own gang, the Gulf cartel, has become hopelessly splintered after more than a decade of bloody infighting between factions with names like The Metros, The Cyclones, The Reds and The Scorpions. Cárdenas Guillén’s own nickname was “El Mata Amigos,” or “The one who kills his friends.” Cárdenas Guillén’s most brazen act was when he surrounded and stopped a vehicle carrying two U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents and one of their informants in 1999 in the border city of Matamoros, across from Brownsville, Texas. Cárdenas Guillén eventually called off his gunmen, but not before reportedly saying “You gringos, this is my territory.” __ Alanna Durkin Richer contributed from Washington, D.C. ___ Follow AP’s coverage of Latin America and the Caribbean at https://apnews.com/hub/latin-america – This Summarize was created by Neural News AI (V1). Source: https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/mexican-drug-lord-osiel-crdenas-guilln-released-us-113288435