Homero Cárdenas Guillén
| Homero Cárdenas Guillén | |
|---|---|
| Born |
13 March 1966 (age 50) Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Other names |
El Orejón ('Big Ears') El Majadero ('The Stubborn One') |
| Occupation | Gulf Cartel leader |
| Known for | Drug trafficking |
| Predecessor | Mario Ramírez Treviño |
| Relatives |
Osiel Cárdenas Guillén Antonio Cárdenas Guillén Mario Cárdenas Guillén |
Homero Enrique Cárdenas Guillén (13 March 1966 – allegedly died on 28 March 2014), also known by his aliases El Majadero and El Orejón, was a Mexican drug lord and alleged leader of the Gulf Cartel, a drug trafficking organization. He is the brother of the former Gulf Cartel leaders Antonio, Mario, and Osiel Cárdenas Guillen. During the late 1990s, Homero worked for the Gulf Cartel under the tutelage of his brothers. However, after several years of government crackdowns, the Gulf Cartel suffered severe drawbacks, including the death and arrests of Homero's brothers and allies. In August 2013, Homero became the de facto leader of the Gulf Cartel following the arrest of Mario Ramírez Treviño. However, he reportedly died of a heart attack on 28 March 2014.
Homero Enrique Cárdenas Guillén was born at around 23:45 hours on March 13, 1966 in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico. He registered his birth certificate on June 22, 1972 and listed his parents as Enrique Cárdenas Gracia and Manuela Guillén Mancilla. He had several brothers and sisters, including Mario, Antonio, and Osiel. Homero left the countryside and relocated in Matamoros like his sister and the rest of his brothers.
His brother Mario helped Osiel start an auto repair store in Matamoros when Homero was a young adult. However, Mario also introduced his brothers to the drug trade. Mario, the eldest of the three, headed the micro drug business with several other men. Antonio bought the cocaine from other dealers; Osiel sold it in the streets; and Homero had the task of coordinating small-scale drug trafficking rings to the United States.
By the late 1990s, Osiel took control of the Gulf Cartel, a drug-trafficking organization based in northeastern Mexico, while Homero played a lesser role in the organization. Following Osiel's arrest in 2003 and extradition to the United States in 2007, the cartel's leadership passed on to Heriberto Lazcano, who headed Los Zetas (Osiel's private army), Jorge Eduardo Costilla Sánchez, an ex-policeman from Matamoros, and Antonio, one of the Cárdenas Guillén brothers. In 2009, Homero coordinated the cocaine shipments of the Gulf Cartel from the border state of Tamaulipas to the U.S. cities of Brownsville, Houston, and Atlanta. Los Zetas separated from the Gulf Cartel in early 2010 and formed their own criminal group, while Costilla Sánchez and Antonio remained loyal. However, Antonio was killed in a firefight with the Navy in Matamoros in 2010 and his leadership was passed down to his brother Mario, who was arrested in 2012.
...
Wikipedia