Osiel Cardenas Guillen, Former Gulf Cartel leader released in US After pleading guilty himself in 2009, today, August 30, he began his legal process to remain indefinitely in the United States and will not be deported.
It should be noted that he was charged with five counts of cocaine and marijuana trafficking, money laundering and threats against US security agents.
According to information confirmed to the newspaper Milenio after a review at the Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Osiel Cárdenas Guillén left the Terre Haute High Security Penitentiary Centerin Indiana, today Friday, August 30.
In 1998, after murdering his friend Salvador Gomez Herrera, The main leader of the Gulf Cartel, Osiel Cárdenas Guillén, became his successor at the head of this organization. For this act, Gómez Herrera is also known as “He kills friends.”
Osiel Cárdenas Guillén will remain in the United States; he will not be deported
Osiel Cardenas Guillenformer leader of the Gulf Cartel He was released from federal prison on Friday morning, August 30, and turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) authorities.
According to a source from journalist Luis Chaparro, Cárdenas Guillén will remain in the United States and will not be deported to Mexico.
He also reported that Osiel Cárdenas Guillén was escorted out of the Terre Haute Penitentiary Center staff door and handed over to officials ICE.
He was then taken in an official ICE vehicle to a processing center where his paperwork will be carried out. remain in the United States indefinitely.
Osiel Cárdenas Guillén: The fate of the former leader of the Gulf Cartel is unknown
Osiel Cardenas Guillen He was released today, Friday, August 30. However, The fate of the leader of the Gulf Cartel is still unknown.who was sentenced to 25 years in prison in 2010 after pleading guilty to money laundering, drug trafficking and threatening two U.S. federal agents.
After remaining in the Terre Haute High Security Penitentiary Center in Indiana, the former leader of the Gulf Cartel could be deported to Tamaulipas, Nuevo León or Coahuila. However, it should be remembered that, in February 2024, Osiel Cárdenas Guillén He requested an injunction to avoid being arrested in Mexico once he was released in the United States.
Following a review by the Bureau of Prisons (BOP), this was the response from the US authorities:
“We can confirm that Osiel Cárdenas Guillén was released from the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons on August 30, 2024. The last BOP facility where Mr. Cárdenas Guillén was located was the U.S. Penitentiary at Terre Haute.”
United States authorities
Why was Osiel Cárdenas Guillén, former leader of the Gulf Cartel, arrested?
Osiel Cardenas Guillen He was arrested on March 14, 2003 by elements of the Mexican Army and the then Attorney General’s Office (PGR), accused of Organized crime and damage to healthfor which he remained imprisoned in the Federal Social Readaptation Center No. 1 Almoloya until his extradition to the United States in January 2007.
During his trial in 2010, the former leader of the Gulf Cartel pleaded guilty to money laundering and three cases of extortion against U.S. federal agents. For these cases he received a sentence of 25 years in prison and a fine of 50 million dollars.
However, today, August 30, 2024, was released.
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