Watkins appeared before Judge Peggy Chiampas at a bond hearing on Monday. Watkins is not charged in the murder of Capo, whose real name was Marvin Carr and who recorded for the Glo Gang label run by rap star Chief Keef. He was chased by police, lost control of his car, crashed into a post and then hit the baby, authorities said. Prosecutors said Antoine Watkins, who is charged with murder, attempting to elude police and other crimes, fled the scene of the murder of Chicago rapper Capo on Saturday. ![]() Violence linked to drug trafficking and organized crime has left more than 70,000 dead in Mexico over the past seven years.A 21-year-old Chicago man was ordered held without bail on Monday on murder charges in the death of a 13-month-old boy who was hit by a getaway car in a gang-related shooting in which a local rapper was killed, the state’s attorney’s office said. They believe the rump cartel is now run by the brothers' sister Enedina and her son Fernando, known as "The Engineer." Security experts however believe the remnants of the cartel survive in the key border city of Tijuana. The Sinaloa group, based in the western state of Sinaloa, is Mexico's most powerful drug cartel, rivaled only by the paramilitary Zetas, who are most active in northeastern Mexico. Rivals, especially Joaquin "Chapo" Guzman's Sinaloa Federation which also began around 1990, have since eclipsed the Tijuana group and taken over most of its territory. Three other brothers are in US prisons, including Eduardo, who was sentenced to 15 years by a California court in August for money laundering. One of the brothers, Ramon, was killed in a police shootout in 2002. The Tijuana Cartel "has been completely dismantled, with all of its leaders in prison either in the United States or in Mexico," Benitez said. In 2008 he was released, earning time off his sentence for good behavior, according to his attorney at the time, and repatriated to Mexico.īenitez said that it was unlikely the former drug lord was back in the trade again. In 2006 he was extradited to the United States and was sentenced to six years in jail after confessing to selling drugs to an undercover agent. In 1993 he was arrested in Mexico and jailed on drug charges. Nicknamed "El Menso" (The Dummy), Francisco Rafael was arrested in 1980 in San Diego, California, for allegedly selling drugs, but slipped back to Mexico when he was released on bail. ![]() ![]() Infighting also weakened the group.įrancisco Rafael's murder is likely "due to unpaid old debts, and old retributions" from the times that the Arellanos were at the height of their power between 19, said Raul Benitez a drug trade expert at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. ![]() Most of the Arellano Felix brothers have been either killed or arrested, leaving the cartel in tatters. The Arellano Felix brothers once dominated drug trafficking between Mexico and California through their brutal Tijuana cartel, inspiring characters in the Steven Soderbergh movie "Traffic." The gunmen were dressed as clowns when they shot Arellano Felix at the party in the luxurious Casa Oceano tourist residence, agents close to the case told Agence France Presse. Relatives identified the former Tijuana drug cartel lieutenant's body, Arias said, adding that there have been no arrests in the case. "He was hit by two bullets, one in the thorax and one in the head," Arias said. Gunmen disguised as clowns at a children's party shot dead the eldest brother of Mexico's once powerful Arellano Felix drug cartel family, authorities said Saturday.įrancisco Rafael Arellano Felix, 63, was gunned down at a family event Friday in Cabo San Lucas, a tourist resort in the Baja California peninsula, state special investigations prosecutor Isai Arias told reporters.
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