U.S. Officials Laud Transfer Of Mexican Drug Suspects

MEXICO CITY, Jan. 20 -- The extradition to the United States of four major drug traffickers, including Osiel Cardenas Guillen, head of the powerful Gulf cartel, was hailed Saturday by U.S. officials as a signal of a new era of cooperation.

U.S. Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales called the extraditions "unprecedented," and the U.S. ambassador to Mexico, Antonio O. Garza Jr., proclaimed the transfer "a monumental moment in our two nations' battle with the vicious drug traffickers and criminals who threaten our very way of life."

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Captured: Mexican Cartel Boss Osiel Cardenas-Guillen Violent Criminal had Threatened Federal Agents

March 21 - One of the most wanted, feared, and violent drug traffickers in the world was captured on March 14th by law enforcement in Mexico. Osiel Cardenas-Guillen was head of a major Mexican drug trafficking organization that controlled large-scale marijuana and cocaine trafficking from Mexico to the United States.

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'Drug boss' captured in Mexico

The reputed leader of one of Mexico's most powerful drugs cartels has been captured after a shoot-out with troops, Mexican defence officials have said.

Osiel Cardenas was arrested in the northern Mexican city of Matamoros, in Tamaulipas state, on the border with Texas, Mexican Defence Secretary General Gerardo Vega Garcia told a news conference.

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