Gabriel Cardona

Inez Villareal is one of the names mentioned by Gabriel Cardona in an intercepted conversation. Gabriel Cardona proudly proclaimed how he slashed the throats of 14 year old Inez Villareal and his very own cousin Jorge Alfonso Aviles (19 years old) in Nuevo Laredo using a broken bottle. Gabriel Cardona is now promptly being punished for his wrongdoings as he is now aptly charged for his offenses.During the hearings, the mother of Inez Villarreal begged to the presiding judge so that she will...Read Full Story

Gabriel Cardona was just 13 years old when he was initiated into a Mexican drug cartel and began working as an assassin, along with Rosalio Reta.The two, along with a third boy, are accused of killing seven people at the behest of Los Zetas, a ruthless and powerful Mexican drug cartel made up a former Mexican special forces.CNN has more details: Prosecutor and investigators say Reta and Cardona were recruited into a group called "Los Zetas," a group made up of former members of the Mexican...Read Full Story

agents from the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) made several arrests in both Chicago and Laredo, Texas, of alleged members of the notoriously violent Mexican drug cartel known as Los Zetas. In all, 20 have been charged in the investigation which began in 2010 and has netted nearly $13 million in cash and approximately 250 kilograms of cocaine in and around the Chicago area. An additional two kilograms were seized during Tuesday’s raids.All of those...Read Full Story

Authorities dismantle alleged cocaine ring with ties to Mexican cartel - CNN.com: "Federal authorities dismantled a large-scale cocaine trafficking organization in Denver, Colorado, with the indictment of 35 people, officials said Monday.Six remained fugitives Monday, but the others were in custody, authorities said.The 35 people, some of them gang members, had ties to a drug cartel in Juarez, Mexico, authorities said. It is believed that they were responsible for shipping more than 20...Read Full Story

Rosalio Reta and Gabriel Cardona were young American teens in the border town of Laredo, Texas. U.S. authorities say they would cross the border to visit the cantinas and clubs in Mexico. That's where police say their visits took a sinister turn -- they were recruited and trained to be U.S. hit men for a major Mexican drug cartel.Read Full Story