
The former Chicago-area crew leader for the Guerreros Unidos drug cartel in Mexico has been freed on bond after sitting in jail for more than nine years on federal charges.
Pablo Vega Cuevas has been cooperating with federal authorities against the cartel, which is accused of shipping thousands of pounds of heroin to the Chicago area on passenger buses. The cartel also is suspected of participating in the presumed massacre of 43 college students in Mexico in 2014.