The second-highest-ranking leader of the Gulf Cartel pleaded guilty this week to a federal drug conspiracy charge as part of a plea agreement with federal prosecutors. The feared cartel boss is one of the top cartel figures that Mexico’s government sent to the U.S. in early 2025 after the Trump Administration began pressuring Mexico to take a hard line against drug cartels.
The Gulf Cartel is one of six Mexican crime syndicates labeled as foreign terrorist organizations by the U.S. government.
On Tuesday afternoon, the man known as Vaquero went before U.S. District Judge Fernando Rodriguez, where he pleaded guilty to one count of drug…
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