A Information to the Cárdenas Guillen Household ~ Borderland Beat

By Itzli. 

A quick overview of the Cárdenas Guillen siblings & their kids, a household that has led the CDG for over 25 years.

Born Might 18, 1967 in El Caracol, Tamaulipas to a farming household that grew sorghum, he moved to Matamoros in 1980. Round 1984 he opened a mechanic store that served as a entrance for promoting cocaine at a retail degree. Roughly two years later, when he was 19 years outdated, he married Celia Salinas Aguilar. He was arrested for murder on February 16, 1989 and was launched from jail the subsequent day. In March 1990 he was arrested for assault and threats, however was launched hours later. 

On August 27, 1992, Osiel was arrested in Brownsville, Texas, whereas smuggling two kilograms of cocaine and acquired a sentence of 5 years in jail in the USA however was despatched again to Mexico on January 2, 1994 as a part of a prisoner change. He was held in Santa Adelaida jail till he was launched on April 13, 1995. Thereafter, Osiel grew to become an affiliate of Salvador “El Chava” Gómez Herrera who took management of the Cártel del Golfo (CDG, Gulf Cartel) in April 1997. Collectively, they had been arrested in the summertime of 1998 and positioned below home arrest, solely to flee. Osiel had “El Chava Gómez” killed in July 1999, for which Osiel earned the nickname “El Mata Amigos”. Osiel then grew to become chief of the CDG. He was arrested on March 14, 2003 however continued to lead the cartel from jail up till his extradition to the USA in January 2007. Since then it has been rumored that Osiel continues to offer orders by way of members of the family.

Antonio Ezequiel

Born March 5, 1962, he seems to have been shut along with his brother Osiel since their youth and round 1984 he started buying cocaine to be offered in Osiel’s mechanic store. Nicknamed “Tony Tormenta”, as Osiel took management of the CDG in July 1999 he was initially answerable for drug trafficking into the USA and went on to grow to be a excessive rating member of the cartel because it grew in energy. He grew to become performing chief of the CDG in March 2003 however was demoted a 12 months later. Nonetheless, he regained standing after Osiel was extradited in January 2007. He was killed on November 5, 2010 throughout a army operation to arrest him.

Mario Alberto

Born Might 3, 1958, within the early Nineteen Eighties he started promoting medicine and went on to have a pair males working below him. Round 1984 he helped Osiel open a mechanic store which was a entrance for his rising cocaine enterprise. Nicknamed “El Gordo” and “M-1” as head of Los Marinos, he was arrested in 1995 and held in Santa Adelaida jail or launched at an unspecified time solely to be arrested once more in 1998. He ran an internet of corruption whereas in Santa Adelaida that allowed him to obtain shipments of cocaine that had been hidden within the jail earlier than being handed on to Antonio Ezequiel. He was formally convicted in June 2003 and reassigned to a jail in Jalisco, from which he was launched someday in 2007. Thereafter he quietly rejoined the CDG throughout the management of his brother Antonio Ezequiel, who gave him permission to traffick medicine with out paying any charges to the cartel. Although hardly ever reported, he was thought of a co chief of the CDG up till November 2010, at which level he took over the management following the loss of life of Antonio Ezequiel. Throughout his management the CDG fractured, leaving him answerable for what grew to become often called the Matamoros Faction. He was arrested on September 3, 2012 and extradited to the USA in Might 2022.

Homero Enrique

Born March 13, 1966, by 1984 he started trafficking cocaine into the USA as a part of the small drug enterprise his brothers operated. Nicknamed “El Majadero” and “El Orejón”, after Osiel grew to become chief of the CDG in July 1999 it seems that he lived in the USA based mostly on reporting stating that he acquired drug shipments there and was answerable for drug transportation to cities equivalent to Houston, Brownsville, and Atlanta. Nonetheless, he was hardly ever talked about and suffered from poor well being by 2003. After the September 3, 2012 arrest of Mario, he’s believed to have taken management of the Matamoros Faction of the CDG, though his second in command, Ángel Eduardo “El Orejón” Prado Rodríguez, code identify “Ciclón 7”, seems to have been the seen chief. It was rumored that he suffered a medical setback of some kind in November 2013, which left him hospitalized. It’s unclear if he ever recovered and he was mentioned to have died on March 28, 2014.

Rafael

Born December 5, 1950, he was talked about as having visited Osiel whereas he was below home arrest in 1998. In 2004 it was reported that he protected properties, ranches, and companies that belonged to the CDG. Known as “Don Rafa”, in June 2015 he was referenced in feedback which positioned him above Ciclón 7” from which it may be argued that he grew to become chief following the loss of life of Homero Enrique. His standing thereafter is unknown.

Agustín 

Seemingly born earlier than the spring of 1950 or someday in 1951-1957. In line with reporting from 2004 he protected properties, ranches, and companies that belonged to the CDG. Outdoors of this reference his standing within the cartel is unknown.

Lilia

Alternatively reported to be named Liliana, by 1980 she lived in Matamoros, when Osiel got here to dwell together with her. Sometimes reported as a cash launderer for the CDG, she was talked about as a possible candidate for management of the Matamoros Faction in September 2012. Her standing thereafter is unknown.

Elvira

A hardly ever talked about sister, any connection to the CDG has not been talked about.

Jesús 

In line with a rumor Jesús “El Chucho” Romo López was really the youngest of the brothers and used that identify as an alias. Nonetheless, this appears extraordinarily unlikely and there doesn’t seem like some other references to a Jesús within the household.

Offspring of Rafael

Rafael Cárdenas Vela

Often called “El Junior”, “El Rolex”, and “El 900”, he was born September 12, 1973. In some unspecified time in the future he moved to the USA and was residing in Oklahoma in 1998 when his uncle Osiel requested him to return to Mexico. Underneath Osiel he was designated head of plaza in San Fernando and reassigned to Rio Bravo in 2009 or 2010, throughout the management of his uncle Antonio Ezequiel. Following the loss of life of Antonio Ezequiel, he sought to improve his energy throughout the CDG, taking management of Matamoros in March 2011 and combating fellow members of the CDG within the following months, which led him to spend most of his time in the USA to keep away from his enemies. He was arrested in Texas on October 19, 2011 and was sentenced in November 2014 to twenty years in jail after taking a plea deal which led him to testify towards two of his former enemies. He was launched from jail on March 6, 2024 and it’s presently unknown if he has returned to cartel actions.

Offspring of Agustín 

José Alfredo Cárdenas Martínez

Born in February or March of 1980, by June 2003 he was transmitting orders and sending cash to numerous members of the cartel as directed by his uncle Osiel, who was involved with him from jail by way of cellphone. He was arrested on April 20, 2004 after it was found that he was performing as an middleman in order that Osiel may lead the CDG from jail. It seems that he was launched someday in 2014 (or probably in 2013 if his rumored daughter is correct) and in January 2015 it was claimed that he was a subordinate of his cousin. 

Often called “El Contador”, he was hardly ever talked about till March 2016, at which level it seems he started taking management of the Matamoros Faction. He was arrested on February 19, 2018 however was launched two days afterward a authorized technicality. On March 3, 2019 he was as soon as once more arrested and his proper hand man, Evaristo “El Vaquero” Cruz Sánchez, grew to become the seen chief of the Matamoros Faction, though it was closely rumored that “El Contador” continued to offer orders from jail via his girlfriend or spouse Balkys Marlene García Leal. After a 12 months and a half in jail, he was launched on October 29, 2020, continued as chief of the Matamoros Faction, and was arrested once more on February 26, 2022.

It’s believed he continued to steer the Matamoros Faction thereafter from jail, initially giving orders to his sons Axel Alfredo “El Hijo Mayor” Cárdenas Rodríguez and Alan Alexis Cárdenas Rodríguez along with subordinates. The 2 sons of “El Contador” had been arrested in Might 2023, though Axel Alfredo was launched in January 2024. It’s believed that “El Contador” continues to steer the Matamoros Faction from jail. 

Offspring of Unknown

Dora Cárdenas 

Dora or probably Doris is mentioned to be a cousin of José Alfredo “El Contador” Cárdenas Martínez and married to Héctor René Chapa Villarreal, an alleged cartel accountant below “El Contador”. 

In February 2020 she was talked about among the many people that aided “El Contador” in main the Matamoros Faction from jail. Outdoors of this there doesn’t seem like some other references, not solely is her present standing unknown, it’s not clear who her mother and father are, though Rafael or Lilia seem like the most probably candidates.

Offspring of Mario Alberto

Mario Alberto Cárdenas Medina

Born circa 1976, he was often called “El Beto”, “El Betito” and “El Betillo” and his mom is mentioned to be named Nadia Lorena Medina Rodríguez. He joined the CDG after his father was launched from jail in 2007 and below the tutelage of his father, he acquired shipments of cocaine from his cousin Rafael Cárdenas Vela despatched from San Fernando to the Playa Bagdad space of Tamaulipas, up till his arrest on June 7, 2009. He was launched from jail in circa July or November 2014 and in January 2015 it was claimed that he had taken management of the Matamoros Faction, though “Ciclón 7” continued to be the seen chief. It seems he was sidelined with the rise to energy of his cousin “El Contador” in March 2016 and certain targeted on drug trafficking in a discreet method thereafter.

By early 2019 “El Betillo” was residing in Mexico Metropolis, from the place he directed his legal underlings in Tamaulipas, and stayed in communication along with his imprisoned father via a lawyer. Following the third arrest of “El Contador” he started combating towards “El Vaquero” in an obvious try to recoup energy and met with no less than one former affiliate of Osiel. He was arrested on June 30, 2019, although his second in command Raúl “El Loco” García Martínez, code identify “Escorpión 2”, continued to wage battle towards “El Vaquero”. “El Betillo” was launched from jail on November 11, 2022. His present standing throughout the Matamoros Faction isn’t clear.

Manuel Cárdenas Medina

Nicknamed “El Many”, “El Meme”, and “El Cachorro”, he was born circa 1984. It seems that he joined the Matamoros Faction after his brother Mario Alberto was launched from jail in 2014 or probably previous to his father’s arrest in September 2012. In January 2015 he was introduced as working for his brother. It was reported that he moved to Monterrey in late 2015 and targeted on legit companies. He was killed on October 8, 2016 in entrance of his two kids and spouse, Daniela Solares Meade.

Gerardo Cárdenas Medina

Nicknamed “El Fantasma”, references to him working in northern and central Coahuila started in September 2023. His relationship with the Matamoros Faction is unclear.

Nora Cárdenas Medina

Little or no is talked about about her exterior the truth that in 2015 she and her husband, José Luis Martínez, a excessive rating cartel accountant, labored below “El Betillo”.

Claudia Cárdenas

Reportedly imprisoned in 2015, she continued to launder cash for the cartel below “El Betillo”. Her husband, Juan Remigio Quintanilla, was an operator within the cartel on this timeframe and mentioned to be near “Ciclón 7”.

Offspring of Antonio Ezequiel

Ezequiel Cárdenas Rivera

Nicknamed “El Chubasco”, “El Cheke”, and “Tony Tormenta Junior”, he was born in 1987 or 1988 and certain joined the cartel throughout the management of his father previous to November 2010. He was arrested on November 25, 2011 and launched by the fall of 2016. At that time he was denounced for extortion and thereafter thought to be a “narco-junior”, that’s to say a son of a cartel member that’s extra taken with partying and having fun with their household wealth/cash gained from extortion than cartel affairs. With images of Grupo de Operaciones Cercanas a Ezequiel Cardenas patches showing on-line in March 2023, it was mentioned that he headed a kidnapping group in Matamoros, although his relationship with the Matamoros Faction is unclear.

Jorge Cárdenas Rivera

Born April 3,1991, he’s higher often called George, the English equal of his first identify. An American citizen, he went to highschool in Brownsville, Texas. He was arrested alongside along with his mom at his home in Matamoros on September 26, 2010 as authorities sought to find his father. It’s mentioned that he has by no means joined the CDG and disapproves of cartel actions.

Karla Elizabeth Cárdenas Rivera

Following the arrest of her mom and brother Jorge, she publicly denounced the operation to authorities and two weeks later it was reported that authorities gave her the physique of her father after he was killed in an arrest operation. 

Offspring of Homero Enrique

Enrique Homero Cárdenas Salinas

Nicknamed “Kike”, he was believed to have supported his cousin “El Contador” in taking management of the Matamoros Faction however past this any function he had throughout the cartel is unclear. Seen as a “narco-junior”, in October 2019 he appeared drunk in surveillance footage of him attacking a waiter. In September 2020 he was denounced for threatening the lifetime of a health care provider. He was killed on February 6, 2021.

Offspring of Osiel

Yahaira Cárdenas Muñiz

Nicknamed “Yaya”, she was born to Leonor Muñiz, a lady Osiel was having an affair with. Her husband, René “El Gordo” Villarreal Garza, is regarded to be a serious drug trafficker for the Matamoros Faction and shut affiliate of “El Contador”. Since December 2018, it’s repeatedly claimed that she has a detailed relationship together with her father and her husband provides orders to the Matamoros Faction on Osiel’s behalf.

Osiel Cárdenas Salinas

Born in 1991 or 1992 in Brownsville, Texas, he’s nicknamed “El Mini Osiel”, “Osiel Junior”, “Osielillo”, and “Osielito”. In 1999 he lived in San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León along with his mom. After dropping out of highschool in the USA he grew to become a well-known “narco-junior” in Matamoros. He was arrested in August 2014 on drunk driving and illegal possession of a weapon in Brownsville however was launched on bond. On December 31, 2014 United States Customs and Border Safety officers arrested him whereas he was smuggling ammunition into Mexico and was sentenced to 10 months in jail below a plea settlement. By Might 2016 he was launched and mentioned to be working with “El Contador” thereafter. Whereas it was rumored he was arrested in Matamoros in October 2016, there isn’t a documentation of imprisonment. He was arrested on March 13, 2018 in Brownsville and sentenced to 2 years in jail. Following his launch on March 25, 2020 he was denounced in September 2020 for threatening the lifetime of a health care provider in Matamoros. In April 2021 an undercover operation caught him buying weapons in Brownsville. On December 7, 2021, he stabbed two people exterior a celebration in Brownsville and was arrested on December 13, 2021. After pleading responsible to the weapons buy he was sentenced to 109 months in jail and is presently scheduled to be launched on September 10, 2029.

Marlene Cárdenas Salinas

Recognized however hardly ever talked about previous to 2020, she lived together with her mom in San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León in 1999. It’s mentioned that she was in a relationship with Carlos Fabian “El Cuate” Martínez Pérez in 2010, if not prior. By 2014 “El Cuate” was talked about as a son-in-law of Osiel who gave orders to the Matamoros Faction on his behalf up till the spring of 2019. He was arrested in November 2022 at a house in Mission, Texas, the place he lived with Marlene and their kids.

Grecia Cárdenas Salinas

Recognized however hardly ever talked about previous to 2020, her godfather was seemingly Salvador “El Chava” Gómez Herrera and she or he lived in San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León together with her mom in 1999.

Steve Cárdenas

A rumored son by this identify has been talked about however seems unlikely as a result of absence of extra references.

Offspring of Unknown

Rigoberto Brown Cantu Jr.

Born in 1984, he has been talked about as a nephew of Osiel, although based mostly on his final names it’s extra seemingly that he’s the son of a feminine cousin of Osiel. Regardless, he was talked about in 2018 as an affiliate of “El Cuate” and indicted in November 2022 within the case towards “El Cuate”.