Mario Cárdenas Guillén
Mario Alberto Cárdenas Guillén (born in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico) is believed to be a top liutenant of the Mexican criminal group called the Gulf Cartel.[1][2]
Biography
Cárdenas was first arrested in 1995 in Mexico on charges of organized crime and drug trafficking and spent 11 years in prison. While incarcerated in the 'Cereso II' prison in Matamoros, Mario Cárdenas continued to organize the shipment of large amounts of cocaine and marijuana into the U.S. from an automobile body repair shop within the prison walls, having his sentence increased in 2003.[3] He was then transferred to 'Puente Grande',[4] a maximum security prison and after serving 11 year sentence he was released in 2007,[1][5] and rejoined the Gulf Cartel. Reportedly, he has headed operations on the Mexico-Guatemala border and also organized drug shipments into the U.S. for his brother Antonio, aka: Tony Tormenta.
Family
Mario had 2 brothers working for the Gulf cartel: Osiel who was arrested by the Mexican Army on 2003 and sentenced to 25 years in prison,[6] and Antonio, who was killed during a confrontation with Mexican Marines on November 5, 2010.[7] Mario has one son, Mario Alberto Cárdenas-Medina, nicknamed El Betillo, who was captured along with three others by Mexican authorities in Matamoros, Tamaulipas.[8] He confessed to have be a top lieutenant of the Gulf Cartel, under his uncle Antonio Ezequiel Cárdenas Guillén, co-leader of the organization.[9] El Milenio reported that Cárdenas-Medina allegedly took control of the shipments of cocaine in the Playa Bagdad area, before moving them north to the United States.[10]
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