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Mexico claims capture of drug cartel boss
Mexican marines have captured Mario Cardenas Guillen, a major leader of the Gulf Cartel, one of the country's notorious drug trafficking organisations, the navy said.
Known as El Gordo (The Fat One), Cardenas Guillen was detained in the north-eastern state of Tamaulipas, which borders Texas, navy spokesman Jose Luis Vergara said.
He became "one of the main leaders" of the criminal group after his brother, former cartel boss Antonio Cardenas Guillen, or "Tony Tormenta," was killed in a shootout with Mexican soldiers in 2010, Mr Vergara said.
Another brother, Osiel Cardenas Guillen, headed the cartel until his own capture in 2003.
He is serving prison time in the United States.
The death of "Tony Tormenta" caused the Gulf Cartel to split into two factions, and one of them was headed by Mario Cardenas Guillen, the navy spokesman said.
The suspect, who was hauled before television cameras and flanked by two masked marines, was arrested back in 1995 on charges linked to organised crime and drug trafficking.
He was released from prison in 2007.
The arrest deals a new blow to the Gulf Cartel, which has been weakened since it broke ties in 2010 with its hit men, the Zetas, who have since become a rival drug trafficking group.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-09-05/mexico-claims-capture-of-gulf-cartel-head/4243414
Mexican marines have captured Mario Cardenas Guillen, a major leader of the Gulf Cartel, one of the country's notorious drug trafficking organisations, the navy said.
Known as El Gordo (The Fat One), Cardenas Guillen was detained in the north-eastern state of Tamaulipas, which borders Texas, navy spokesman Jose Luis Vergara said.
He became "one of the main leaders" of the criminal group after his brother, former cartel boss Antonio Cardenas Guillen, or "Tony Tormenta," was killed in a shootout with Mexican soldiers in 2010, Mr Vergara said.
Another brother, Osiel Cardenas Guillen, headed the cartel until his own capture in 2003.
He is serving prison time in the United States.
The death of "Tony Tormenta" caused the Gulf Cartel to split into two factions, and one of them was headed by Mario Cardenas Guillen, the navy spokesman said.
The suspect, who was hauled before television cameras and flanked by two masked marines, was arrested back in 1995 on charges linked to organised crime and drug trafficking.
He was released from prison in 2007.
The arrest deals a new blow to the Gulf Cartel, which has been weakened since it broke ties in 2010 with its hit men, the Zetas, who have since become a rival drug trafficking group.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-09-05/mexico-claims-capture-of-gulf-cartel-head/4243414
