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Antonio Cárdenas Guillén
Mexican drug lord
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cárdenas and the second or maternal family name is Guillén.
Antonio Cárdenas Guillén | |
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| Born | Antonio Ezequiel Cárdenas Guillén (1962-03-05)5 March 1962 Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Died | 5 November 2010(2010-11-05) (aged 48) Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Cause of death | Gunshot wounds |
| Other names | El Licenciado Tony Tormenta Marcos Ledezma El Señor de los Truenos |
| Occupation | Gulf Cartel drug lord |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Predecessor | Osiel Cárdenas Guillén |
Antonio Ezequiel Cárdenas Guillén (5 March 1962 – 5 November 2010), commonly referred to by his alias Tony Tormenta ("Tony Storm"), was a Mexican drug lord and co-leader of the Gulf Cartel, a drug trafficking organization based in Tamaulipas. He headed the criminal group along with Jorge Eduardo Costilla Sánchez. Antonio was considered by Mexican security forces to be one of Mexico's most-wanted men.
Born in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Antonio initially worked as a car washer at a local police station with his brother Osiel Cárdenas Guillén, former leader of the cartel. By the late 1980s, he entered the drug trade, and later became
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Deadly deal
Mexico’s drug violence
A drug kingpin’s plea with the U.S. triggered years of bloodshed reaching all the way to Southlake
Narcoviolencia en México
El trato entre un capo y Estados Unidos provocó una guerra entre los Zetas y el cártel del Golfo que bañó de sangre a México y se resintió en el Norte de Texas
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EnglishSpanishA plea agreement between a Mexican drug kingpin and the U.S. government helped generate a violent split between two drug cartels that led to the deaths of thousands of people in Mexico and along the Texas border, a Dallas Morning News investigation has found.
The News’ investigation of the deal between Gulf cartel leader Osiel Cárdenas Guillén and the U.S. is based on hundreds of confidential government records, interviews with U.S. and Mexico law enforcement officials, confidential informants and former members of the Gulf cartel and the Zetas, its former enforcement and paramilitary arm. It provides a rare view of the strategy and tactics used in the drug war on both sides of the border, as well as the operations and shifting dynamics within cartels.
In July 2009, Cárdenas agreed to plead guilty in federal court to drug dealin
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