After serving a 14-year sentence in the United States, notorious drug lord Osiel Cárdenas Guillén has been repatriated to Mexico. Cárdenas Guillén, who once led the feared Gulf cartel in northeastern Mexico, was quickly re-arrested upon his return and is now facing drug, organized crime, and money-laundering charges in his home country.
The U.S. Homeland Security Department confirmed Cárdenas Guillén's return on Monday, stating that he had completed most of his 25-year prison sentence in the U.S. as a Mexican citizen. He was taken into custody immediately upon arrival in Mexico and is now being held at the high-security Altiplano prison near Mexico City.
