MEXICO CITY — Even as accused mob boss Osiel Cardenas awaits a federal trial in Houston next year, the criminal army he allegedly commanded with deadly resolve rampages across Mexico.
Cardenas, 41, has been imprisoned for six years — four in Mexico and two in the United States since his extradition to Houston. He faces federal charges of leading a drug syndicate, trafficking cocaine and marijuana, laundering money and threatening the lives of U.S. agents.
Though weakened by a crackdown, Cardenas' Gulf Cartel and the military-style gang of assassins it spawned, the Zetas, remain powerful and widely feared.
Reputed boss in Houston cell, but Mexico violence goes on | Front page | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
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