Ramón Arellano Félix

Infobox FBI Ten Most Wanted 1990s
name = Ramón Arellano Félix


crime = Conspiracy to import cocaine and marijuana
birth_date = August 3, 1964
birth_place = Mexico
age =
death_date = February 10, 2002
death_place = Mazatlán, Mexico
added_date = September 18, 1997
caught_date =
remove_date =
number = 451
status = Dead
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Ramón Eduardo Arellano Félix (August 31 1964 – February 10 2002) was a Mexican whom authorities linked to the Tijuana drug cartel (aka the Arellano-Félix Organization).cite web |url=http://www.csun.edu/CommunicationStudies/ben/news/cia/980415.steller.html |title=Mexican drug runners may have used C-130 from Arizona |accessdate=2007-09-26 |last=Steller |first=Tim |coauthors= |date=15 April 1998 |work=The Arizona Daily Star |publisher=Archived at California State University Northridge]

Arellano Félix was allegedly one of the most violent members of the cartel and was a suspect in various murders. Arellano Félix had been linked by Mexican police to the 1997 massacre of twelve members of a family outside of Ensenada, Baja California. The family was related to a drug dealer that had an unpaid debt to the Arellano Félix Cartel.

On September 18, 1997, Ramón Arellano Félix became the 451st fugitive to be placed to the Ten Most Wanted list. Leading to his Most Wanted Fugitive listing in the United States, he had been charged in a sealed indictment in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, with Conspiracy to Import Cocaine and Marijuana in drug trafficking.

Some of his aliases were "Patrón", "Colores", "Comandante Mon". He was believed to have a soft voice. He also had gold incrustations in his gun. His favorite vehicles were Chevrolet Silverados and Tahoes. He also favored Chevrolet Suburbans.

Death and aftermath

Ramón Arellano Félix was killed in a gun fight in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, with Mexican police protecting rival drug traffickers on February 10, 2002. It is suspected that he was in Mazatlán to kill his bitter rival Ismael Zambada García. Arellano's older brother, Benjamín Arellano Félix, the cartel's mastermind, was arrested weeks later on March 9. The youngest of the Arellano brothers, Francisco Javier Arellano Félix, was arrested with some associates at sea, by the United States Coast Guard, on August 14, 2006. They were in international waters 15 miles off the coast of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur. He was extradicted to the U.S. on September 16, 2006. Also, the FBI is looking for one more brother of the Arellano-Félix cartel, Eduardo Arellano Félix. The FBI is offering a reward of up to US$5,000,000 with information leading to the arrest of this fugitive.

References

External links

* [http://web.archive.org/web/19990224022237/www.fbi.gov/mostwant/felix.htm The Internet Wayback Machine's archive of Felix' FBI top ten most wanted poster]
* [http://www.state.gov/p/inl/narc/rewards/9114.htm U.S. Department of State rewards page for Ramón Arellano Félix]