Francisco Javier Arellano Félix
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Francisco Javier Arellano Félix (born 11 December 1969), the brother of Ramón Arellano Félix, is suspected of being a Mexican drug lord and leader of the Tijuana Cartel involved in drug-smuggling operations from Mexico to the United States.
The Tijuana Cartel is one of the three large Mexican drug cartels, along with the Gulf Cartel and the Juárez Cartel. It is well-known for its employment of enforcers recruited from Mexican and Los Angeles street gangs. In addition to enforcers, many Latin American street gangsters were trained to become assassins in the cartel, which has a reputation for extreme brutality and violence. At its height in the late 1990s, the cartel was believed to be responsible for supplying nearly half the cocaine sold in the United States.
The gang made headlines in January 2006 after it was discovered they had dug tunnels from Tijuana, Baja California, into the United States at Otay Mesa, California.
[edit] Capture
Arellano Félix, nicknamed "El Tigrillo" (wildcat) was captured by the coastguardsmen aboard the USCGC Monsoon on August 16, 2006, while fishing on the Dock Holiday some 25 km off the coast of Baja California Sur. The Drug Enforcement Administration had received a tip about his whereabouts. A 5 million dollar bounty had been offered for his capture. He is currently detained in a federal jail in San Diego, California pending trial. Also, the FBI is looking for one more brother of the Arellano-Felix cartel, Eduardo Arellano-Felix. The FBI is offering a reward up to $5,000,000 with information leading to the arrest of this fugitive.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Sniffen, Michael J. (August 16, 2006). Feds Arrest Mexican Drug Kingpin. Associated Press
- Enriquez, Sam, and Greg Krikorian (August 17, 2006). U.S. Authorities Take Custody of Drug Kingpin. Los Angeles Times
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