Luis Fernando Sánchez Arellano
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Luis Fernando Sánchez Arellano (b. 1977), a.k.a.: El Ingeniero, is a Mexican
drug trafficker leader of the Tijuana Cartel
, a Mexican drug trafficking cartel based in Tijuana, Baja California. He competes with three other major cartels, the Juárez Cartel
, the Gulf Cartel
, and the Sinaloa Cartel
for the illegal drug corridors into the United States
.
The Tijuana cartel (or Arellano Felix Organization) has been described as one of the biggest and most violent criminal groups in Mexico. The Tijuana Cartel was initially composed of seven brothers and four sisters, who inherited the organization from Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo
upon his incarceration in Mexico in 1989 for his complicity in the murder of DEA
Special Agent Enrique Camarena
.
Following the death or arrest of the Arellano Felix family, and especially following the arrest of his uncle Eduardo Arellano Félix
on October 25, 2008, Luis Fernando Sánchez took the cartel leadership, probably in partnership with his aunt Enedina Arellano Félix
.
Mexican people
Mexican people refers to all persons from Mexico, a multiethnic country in North America, and/or who identify with the Mexican cultural and/or national identity....
drug trafficker leader of the Tijuana Cartel
Tijuana Cartel
The Tijuana Cartel is a Mexican drug cartel based in Tijuana. The cartel has been described as "one of the biggest and most violent criminal groups in Mexico"...
, a Mexican drug trafficking cartel based in Tijuana, Baja California. He competes with three other major cartels, the Juárez Cartel
Juárez Cartel
The Juárez Cartel , also known as the Vicente Carrillo Fuentes Organization, is a Mexican drug cartel based in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, across the border from El Paso, Texas...
, the Gulf Cartel
Gulf Cartel
The Gulf Cartel is one of the most powerful drug cartels in Mexico, and perhaps the oldest organized crime group in the country...
, and the Sinaloa Cartel
Sinaloa Cartel
The Sinaloa Cartel is the most powerful drug cartel in Mexico and considered by the United States Intelligence Community as "the most powerful drug trafficking organization in the world." The Sinaloa Cartel is based in the city of Culiacán, Sinaloa, but also operates in the Mexican states of Baja...
for the illegal drug corridors into the United States
United States
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The Tijuana cartel (or Arellano Felix Organization) has been described as one of the biggest and most violent criminal groups in Mexico. The Tijuana Cartel was initially composed of seven brothers and four sisters, who inherited the organization from Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo
Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo
Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo is a convicted Mexican drug lord known as "El Padrino" who in the 1980s formed the Guadalajara Cartel and became the first drug czar in Mexico to control all illegal drug traffic in Mexico and the corridors along the Mexico-U.S.A...
upon his incarceration in Mexico in 1989 for his complicity in the murder of DEA
DEA
DEA is the commonly used acronym for the Drug Enforcement Administration, a United States law enforcement agency.DEA or Dea may also refer to:- Organizations :* DEA , UK development education charity...
Special Agent Enrique Camarena
Enrique Camarena
Enrique "Kiki" Camarena Salazar Enrique "Kiki" Camarena Salazar Enrique "Kiki" Camarena Salazar (Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico July 26, 1947 - c. (Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, February 9, 1985) was an undercover agent for the United States Drug Enforcement Administration who was abducted on...
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Following the death or arrest of the Arellano Felix family, and especially following the arrest of his uncle Eduardo Arellano Félix
Eduardo Arellano Félix
Eduardo Arellano Félix is a Mexican drug trafficker, brother of Benjamín, Ramón, Javier and sister Enedina, all drug traffickers. The Arellano-Félix Organisation, also known as the Tijuana Cartel, has been responsible for countless murders and the smuggling of thousands of tons of marijuana,...
on October 25, 2008, Luis Fernando Sánchez took the cartel leadership, probably in partnership with his aunt Enedina Arellano Félix
Enedina Arellano Félix
Enedina Arellano Félix is a Mexican businesswoman who is alleged to be one of the leaders of the Tijuana drug cartel . She is the sister of former cartel leaders Ramón Arellano Félix and Eduardo Arellano Félix .-See also:*Mexican Drug War*Illegal drug trade...
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