Under the plea, he admitted to being the head of the Arellano Félix Organization and using violence — from kidnappings to murders — to further the cartel’s interests. He is now serving his ...

The extradition of ex-cartel leader Benjamín Arellano Félix from Mexico to San Diego on Friday closes a chapter in the history of the Arellano Félix Organization, a notoriously violent group ...

A former high-ranking member of the Arellano Félix Organization, the once-powerful drug-trafficking group that controlled Tijuana, has pleaded guilty to drug conspiracy charges in San Diego ...

Benjamin Arellano Felix stood in an orange jumpsuit throughout the nine-minute hearing, quietly answering "yes" when U.S. District Judge Larry Burns asked if he understood what was happening.

writing in a 14-page order that the former leader of the Arellano Félix Organization, also known as the Tijuana cartel, must remain in prison until his sentence runs out in 2033. “Arellano ...

History: Labra was known as “el Señor.” He was one of the top figures in the Arellano Félix drug organization. In the 1980s and 1990s, he was reputed to be one of the financial brains of the ...

A former high-ranking member of the Arellano Félix Organization, the once-powerful drug-trafficking group that controlled Tijuana, has pleaded guilty to drug conspiracy charges in San Diego ...

the last of four brothers who ran the drug cartel in Mexico known as the Arellano-Felix Organization, was sentenced Monday to 15 years in U.S. federal prison for his role as chief financial ...

Burns has also sentenced two other brothers and a number of top lieutenants to prison terms in the long running case against the Arellano Félix Organization, or AFO. Before pronouncing sentence ...

Benjamín Arellano Félix, once one of the most powerful drug lords in Mexico, wants out of prison early. Eleven years into a 25-year prison term, Arellano has petitioned a San Diego federal judge ...