Clowns Kill Mexican Drug Lord at Children's Party
Clowns Kill Mexican Drug Lord at Children's Party
Gunmen disguised as clowns at a
children's party shot the eldest brother of Mexico's once powerful Tijuana drug
cartel family to death on Saturday.
Francisco Rafael Arellano Felix, 63,
was gunned down at a family event Friday in Cabo San Lucas, special
investigations prosecutor Isai Arias told reporters.
"He was hit by two bullets, one in the thorax and one
in the head," Arias said, noting that relatives ID'd the former drug
lord's body and there have been no arrests.
The gunmen were dressed as clowns when they shot Arellano
Felix at the party in the luxury Casa Oceano tourist residence, agents close to
the case said.
All this makes the Northampton
Clown seem suddenly harmless.
The Arellano Felix brothers once dominated drug traffic
between Mexico and California through the brutal Tijuana cartel, inspiring
characters in the film Traffic.
Most of the Arellano Felix brothers have been either killed
or arrested, leaving the cartel in tatters in the present day. Infighting also
weakened the group.
The shocking clown murder is likely due to unpaid old debts,
and old retributions from the height of the group's power between 1990-2000,
experts say.
Nicknamed "El Menso" (The Dummy), Francisco Rafael
was arrested in 1980 in San Diego for selling drugs, but slipped back to Mexico
when he was released on bail.
In 2006, he was extradited to the United States and was sentenced
to six years in prison after he confessed to selling drugs to an undercover
agent.
In 2008 he was released, earning significant time off his
sentence for good behavior, according to his attorney at the time, and
repatriated to Mexico.
The Tijuana Cartel has been completely dismantled, with all
of its leaders in prison either in the U.S. or in Mexico, according to drug
officials.
Rivals like Joaquin "El
Chapo" Guzman's Sinaloa Federation, which also began around 1990, have
eclipsed the Tijuana group and taken over its territory.
The Sinaloa group, based in the western state of Sinaloa, is
Mexico's biggest drug cartel, rivaled only by the
Zetas, who are most active in northeastern Mexico.
Source: Hollywood Gossip
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Gunmen
disguised as clowns at a children's party shot the eldest brother of
Mexico's once powerful Tijuana drug cartel family to death on Saturday.
Francisco Rafael Arellano Felix, 63, was gunned down at a family event Friday in Cabo San Lucas, special investigations prosecutor Isai Arias told reporters.
- See more at: http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2013/10/clowns-kill-mexican-drug-lord-at-childrens-party/#sthash.bTwegxib.dpuf
Francisco Rafael Arellano Felix, 63, was gunned down at a family event Friday in Cabo San Lucas, special investigations prosecutor Isai Arias told reporters.
- See more at: http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2013/10/clowns-kill-mexican-drug-lord-at-childrens-party/#sthash.bTwegxib.dpuf
Gunmen
disguised as clowns at a children's party shot the eldest brother of
Mexico's once powerful Tijuana drug cartel family to death on Saturday.
Francisco Rafael Arellano Felix, 63, was gunned down at a family event Friday in Cabo San Lucas, special investigations prosecutor Isai Arias told reporters.
- See more at: http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2013/10/clowns-kill-mexican-drug-lord-at-childrens-party/#sthash.bTwegxib.dpuf
Francisco Rafael Arellano Felix, 63, was gunned down at a family event Friday in Cabo San Lucas, special investigations prosecutor Isai Arias told reporters.
- See more at: http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2013/10/clowns-kill-mexican-drug-lord-at-childrens-party/#sthash.bTwegxib.dpuf
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