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08-17-2006, 01:18 AM #1
Mexican drug cartel leader arrested
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercuryn ... 289774.htm
By Kevin G. Hall, Marisa Taylor and Susan Ferriss
McClatchy Newspapers
(MCT)
WASHINGTON - U.S. law-enforcement officials on Wednesday announced the arrest of Francisco Javier Arellano-Felix, the alleged boss of a ruthless Tijuana drug cartel, setting the stage for bloody turf wars along the U.S.-Mexico border and one of the most significant U.S. drug prosecutions in a decade.
At a news conference at the Department of Justice headquarters, authorities said they'd nabbed Arellano-Felix as he fished Monday morning. He was aboard a 43-foot yacht, the Dock Holiday, in international waters about 15 miles off the coast of Cabo San Lucas in Mexico's state of Baja California.
The yacht was being towed Wednesday by a Coast Guard cutter, and Arellano-Felix, known as "Little Tiger," was to be charged on his arrival in San Diego, where he faces numerous counts of drug trafficking and other crimes. Arrested with him were two alleged cartel assassins, identified as Arturo "Big Butt-Cheeks" Villareal-Heredia and Marco "The Parrot" Fernandez.
A total of eight adults and three juveniles were apprehended on the boat Monday in an operation that authorities said began 11 months ago and culminated in the arrests, which involved the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Coast Guard.
The Tijuana cartel is thought to be responsible for sophisticated tunnels dug under the California-Mexico border along the U.S. cities of San Diego and Otay Mesa. The cartel, allegedly run by seven brothers and four sisters of the Arellano-Felix clan, is accused of being the principal supplier of cocaine and other narcotics to the U.S. West Coast. It has ties to traffickers across South America and is capable of moving cocaine in volumes greater than a ton, according to DEA officials...Reporting without fear or favor-American Rattlesnake
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08-17-2006, 01:33 AM #2
I wonder how long it will be before the Feds make some kind of deal with them?
Build the dam fence post haste!
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08-17-2006, 02:57 AM #3
At least he's in American custody.
I suppose he inherited his position from one of his relatives that was killed or arrested over the past few years.
"Nightline" did a special when the first "kingpin" of this family was killed by the Federales.Reporting without fear or favor-American Rattlesnake
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08-17-2006, 07:15 AM #4
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Even if they prosecute him, another will be waiting in the wings to take his place...the cycle will continue....
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08-18-2006, 10:47 AM #5Originally Posted by novaman
This crew seems to have an inexhaustible supply of drug dealers.Reporting without fear or favor-American Rattlesnake
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