Paper: Ramon Arellano-Felix Dead
Mexican Officials Unable To Drug Kingpin's Death
POSTED: 4:31 p.m. PST February 22, 2002
UPDATED: 4:43 p.m. PST February 22, 2002
SAN DIEGO -- A Mexican newspaper is reporting that a kingpin of the Tijuana drug cartel is dead.
Ramon Arellano-Felix is said to be one of three victims of a police shootout 12 days ago in Mazatlan, Mexico.
Arellano-Felix has been on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list since 1997 and is wanted for conspiracy to import drugs into the United States, 10News reported.
The newspaper said he was killed in a shootout with state police Feb. 10.
Mexican authorities cannot confirm the person killed was Arellano-Felix because people claiming to be relatives claimed the bodies from a funeral home using false documents then disappeared.
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- May 7, 2001: Suspected Tijuana Drug Gang Member Arraigned
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