Posted on 10/27/2008 6:19:03 AM PDT by 3AngelaD
TIJUANA – Mexican authorities say they have dealt a severe blow to the Arellano Félix drug cartel with the weekend detention of Eduardo Arellano Félix, a suspected trafficker and the last in a band of five brothers to be captured or killed...
Arellano, 52, opened fire on soldiers and federal agents shortly after 5 p.m. Saturday as they raided a residence in a quiet, well-to-do enclave known as Fraccionamiento Pedregal on a hillside overlooking Tijuana. Arellano's daughter, described by military officials as being about 11 years old, was with him. Authorities quickly flew Arellano to Mexico City for questioning by federal organized-crime investigators...
“He is pretty much the last major player of what was once the powerful Arellano Félix organization,” said Eileen Zeidler, San Diego spokeswoman for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration....
The U.S. State Department offered $5 million for information leading to Arellano's arrest. He was one of several top cartel leaders charged with racketeering and conspiracy and named in a federal indictment unsealed in San Diego in 2003...
The past month has been especially violent, with nearly 150 lives lost in Tijuana alone. U.S. and Mexican officials attribute much of the bloodshed to a fight between Fernando Sanchez Arellano, the cartel's leader who is Eduardo Arellano's nephew, and challenger Eduardo Garcia Simental, known as El Teo. The bodies of some victims have been dissolved in acid; other victims were left with their tongues cut out, many with signs bearing warnings to the rival faction....
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Believe it or not this guy was my wife’s next door neighbor for a time.
Pobrecita.
Yeah, bad dude. Remember the DEA agent Camarena who was kidnapped and tortured to death in the 80's? Around the corner from her. Actually, it's a nice, safe neighborhood, except for things like that of course. I've been there many times.
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