Ex-Gulf Cartel leader released from U.S. prison

Mexican drug kingpin Osiel Cardenas Guillen, former leader of the notorious Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas criminal gang, was released Friday from US prison and handed over to the immigration department, officials said.

Cardenas Guillen was captured in 2003 and extradited four years later to the United States, where he pleaded guilty to drug trafficking, money laundering and extortion.

A Federal Bureau of Prisons official told AFP that Cardenas Guillen, 57, was released Friday and moved...