The founder of the feared Los Zetas drugs cartel has been deported to Mexico after serving a lengthy jail sentence in the United States. Osiel Cárdenas Guillén, 57, led Los Zetas until 2003, when he was cornered by Mexican soldiers near his hometown of Matamoros.

The U.S. government deported drug lord Osiel Cardenas on Monday, transferring custody of the ex-Gulf Cartel chief known for hyper-violent tactics to Mexican authorities at the border city of Tijuana,

U.S. officials have extradited a former Gulf Cartel leader to Mexico, where he is wanted on murder and firearm charges. Osiel Cardenas Guillen, 57, was serving a 25-year sentence in a U.S. maximum security prison before he was handed over to immigration enforcement officers in August.

Notorious drug lord Osiel Cárdenas has been returned to Mexico after serving a U.S. sentence and was quickly re-arrested and sent to a maximum security prison to face Mexican charges

Osiel Cárdenas Guillén, a notorious Mexican drug lord, was removed from the U.S. and handed over to authorities in Mexico, ICE said on Monday.

The U.S. government deported drug lord Osiel Cardenas Guillen to Mexico on Monday, transferring custody of the ex-leader of the Gulf Cartel to Mexican authorities at the border city of Tijuana, two federal government officials told Reuters.

The U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement said in a statement that drug lord Osiel Cardenas was "handed over to Mexican law enforcement without incident" after crossing the San Diego, California,