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EADER AND SENIOR LIEUTENANT OF ARELLANO-FELIX ORGANIZATION PLEAD GUILTY TO CRIMINAL CHARGES
WASHINGTON -- Francisco Javier Arellano-Felix, the former leader of the deadly and violent narcotics trafficking Arellano-Felix Organization (AFO), and one of his senior lieutenants, Manuel Arturo Villarreal-Heredia, have pleaded guilty to criminal charges, the Department of Justice announced today.

Arellano-Felix, 37, and Villarreal-Heredia, 32, entered their pleas today before U.S. District Judge Larry A. Burns in federal court in San Diego.

Arellano-Felix pleaded guilty to operating a continuing criminal enterprise and conspiring to launder monetary instruments. At sentencing, under the terms of the plea agreement, the United States and Arellano will jointly recommend a sentence of life in prison.

Arellano also agreed to forfeit $50 million and his interest in the Dock Holiday, the 43-foot yacht upon which he was apprehended by the U.S. Coast Guard in international waters off the coast of Mexico in August 2006.

Villarreal-Heredia pleaded guilty to operating an enterprise through a pattern of racketeering activity and conspiring to invest illicit drug profits. According to the terms of the plea agreement, the United States and Villarreal-Heredia will jointly recommend that he be sentenced to 30 years in prison. Villarreal has also agreed to forfeit $5 million.

“The convictions of Javier Arellano-Felix and one of his top lieutenants are a direct consequence of our drug enforcement strategy to identify and attack the most powerful and violent drug trafficking organizations throughout the world,â€