SEGOB Confirm Capture of Fernando Sánchez Arellano "El Ingeniero"

Chivis Martinez Borderland Beat

Tijuana Baja:  Late this evening, state and municipal authorities confirmed the capture  of   Fernando Sánchez Arellano "El Ingeniero", today in the afternoon.  Fernando is the presumed leader of the Arellano cartel, [CAF].   The capture transpired  without one shot being fired.  Sanchez had 100,000 USD on his person when arrested.

Sanchez Arellano, who will be 41 in October, was captured in the La Mesa area, at 100 Dolores Street  in the division "Ceseña" on the intersection  of Dolores and Alicia Maria.

At the time of his arrest, at 4:30, he was celebrating Mexico's World Cup victory over Croatia.  Some reports say, when arrested, he was wearing a Mexico team shirt and his face bore paint in Mexican team colors.

He was with a group at the time of the arrest, reports indicate those persons were also taken into custody.

The arrest was made by the  elements of the Mexican army stationed in the military zone II.

From 2009 the Government of Mexico through the Office of the Attorney-General, offered a reward of  30 million pesos for information leading to the capture of the leader.

In February 2010, it was the Government of the United States who exhibited the first image of   Sanchez Arellano, by publishing it in a wanted poster.  

The Arellano Felix cartel, once one of Mexico’s most powerful and ruthless drug organizations, first rose to power in Tijuana in the 1980s. The group’s longtime leader, Benjamin Arellano Felix, is serving a 25-year prison sentence in the United States.

A younger brother, Javier Arellano Felix is serving a life sentence in the United States and is in a special witness protection program. Brother Eduardo Arellano is serving a 15-year sentence in the United States. Brother Ramon Arellano Felix, said to be the cartel’s chief enforcer, was killed in a shootout in 2002 in Mexico.

Under the nephew, the group was further weakened by a challenge in 2008 by a onetime Arellano lieutenant, Teodoro Garcia Simental. The dispute led to a bloody turf battle in Baja California between the two factions, and the killings of law enforcement officers. Garcia was arrested in January 2010 in the state of Baja California Sur.

Sanchez Arellano is a low-profile figure but has long been sought by U.S. and Mexican authorities. The Mexican Attorney General’s Office in 2009 offered up to 30 million pesos (about $2.3 million) for information leading to his arrest. In February 2010, the U.S. government offered up to $5 million for information leading to Sanchez’s arrest.

 Sanchez Arellano is the son of Enedina Arellano Felix,  also known as “La Jefa”, “La Madrina” and “La Narcomami", who the U.S. has  tagged premier leader of the cartel.

Amazingly, there was not an arrest warrant ever issued for Sanchez Arellano in Baja California

Sanchez Arellano was taken to the zone II military base, once identification was verified he was then transferred to Mexico City.

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