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Last brother from Mexico's Arellano Felix cartel pleads guilty in U.S.
Source: Reuters
Last brother from Mexico's Arellano Felix cartel pleads guilty in U.S.
By Marty Graham
SAN DIEGO | Fri May 24, 2013 5:46pm EDT
(Reuters) - Former Mexican drug lord Eduardo Arellano Felix, the last of four brothers captured or killed in connection with a once-powerful Tijuana-based cartel depicted in the Oscar-winning film "Traffic," pleaded guilty to U.S. drug charges on Friday.
Arellano Felix, 56, admitted in U.S. District Court in San Diego to one count of conspiring to launder hundreds of millions of dollars in drug proceeds and one count of conspiring to invest that money for the cartel's benefit.
Under his plea deal, federal prosecutors will recommend that he serve 15 years in U.S. prison and then be deported to Mexico. Sentencing was set for August 19, ending a criminal prosecution of the Arellano Felix family by U.S. authorities that began in 1997.
Eduardo Arellano Felix had faced a maximum sentence of 140 years if convicted of the charges brought against him in an indictment, including racketeering and conspiracy to distribute and import marijuana and cocaine to the United States.
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By Marty Graham
SAN DIEGO | Fri May 24, 2013 5:46pm EDT
(Reuters) - Former Mexican drug lord Eduardo Arellano Felix, the last of four brothers captured or killed in connection with a once-powerful Tijuana-based cartel depicted in the Oscar-winning film "Traffic," pleaded guilty to U.S. drug charges on Friday.
Arellano Felix, 56, admitted in U.S. District Court in San Diego to one count of conspiring to launder hundreds of millions of dollars in drug proceeds and one count of conspiring to invest that money for the cartel's benefit.
Under his plea deal, federal prosecutors will recommend that he serve 15 years in U.S. prison and then be deported to Mexico. Sentencing was set for August 19, ending a criminal prosecution of the Arellano Felix family by U.S. authorities that began in 1997.
Eduardo Arellano Felix had faced a maximum sentence of 140 years if convicted of the charges brought against him in an indictment, including racketeering and conspiracy to distribute and import marijuana and cocaine to the United States.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/24/us-usa-kingpin-mexico-idUSBRE94N0X620130524
