
Mario Alberto Cárdenas, known as “El Betito” and/or “El Betillo”, nephew of Osiel Cardenas Guillénwill remain in preventive detention after he was arrested along with two men MontereyNuevo León, December 21st.
The first hearing against him took place this Thursday three compartmentsincluding the Buddy by “El Betito”, according to Infobae Mexico.
The General Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic (FGR) reported that he received informal preventive detention against the subjects identified as Raúl “N” and Kevin “N” and Mario Alberto Cárdenas.
The three men are accused of their alleged involvement in the crimes of Possession of a firearmCartridges and magazines exclusively for the armed forces as well against health for the purpose of trading hydrochloride Methamphetamine.
During the proceedings, the Federal Prosecutor’s Office (MPF) of the Special Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime (FEMDO) managed to have a judge classified legal detention Gentlemen.

At the first hearing, the defense of the three defendants requested the Duplicity of the term The constitutional order needs to clarify their legal situation, so the judge will decide in the next few days whether they are related to the trial or not.
Infobae Mexico was able to learn that Raúl “N” is identified as a comrade of “El Betito”, the nephew of the former leader of the Gulf Cartel.
Osiel Cárdenas Guillén was arrested in 2003 and delivered In 2007, he traveled to the United States, where he was convicted of crimes related to drug trafficking.
After several years, Osiel Cárdenas was deported to Mexico in 2024 and sent to a US prison plateaulocated in Almoloya de Juárez, State of Mexico. The former leader of the Gulf Cartel is currently under investigation in the country, which is why he remains in custody.

“El Betito” was arrested along with him Buddy and a third man, identified as Kevin “N,” when they were on Avenida Lázaro Cárdenas, in the 39th neighborhood of the municipality Monterey.
Last August, Mexican authorities arrested another nephew of Osiel Cárdenas named Ezequiel Cárdenas Rivera, known as “June stormr,” who was linked to the trial and transferred to Altiplano Prison.
“El Betito” is the son of Mario Cárdenas Guillén, alias “M1”, former leader of the faction of The meters of the Gulf Cartel. Authorities have indicated it is a trigger for violence in the Tamaulipas region.

Mario Alberto Cárdenas had already been arrested June 2019 by FGR agents in a shopping center in Naucalpan, State of Mexicowhen he was in the company of a woman.
However, in November 2022, he was acquitted by a judge specializing in the adversarial criminal system based in Almoloya de Juárez.