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![The Narco 'Juniors' of the Arrellano-Felix Cartel [Video]](../../art/afo1.gif) |
AFO's innovative strategy is befriending and recruiting 'juniors'--young,
educated men of middle-and upper-class families living on both sides of the San
Diego-Tijuana border. AFO uses them as drug runners and hit men. 'Juniors' get
involved with the cartel not necessarily to become wealthy but for "la
fama"--the fame of the gangster life. This is the story of what happened to one
of these young men, told by his family and a fellow 'junior.'
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An overview of the AFO's organizaton, operations and strategy, and how
authorities in Mexico and the United States have gone after trying to shut them down.
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Here's a rundown, with descriptions and pictures, of the Arellano
brothers and their associates.
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A report detailing the disappearance of Alex Hodoyan, a young middle class man
from Tijuana who worked for the Arellano-Felix Organization (see also: video report).
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Landgraff is a group supervisor at the DEA in San Diego, currently
investigating the Arellano Felix cartel. De La Montaigne, retired
special agent for the FBI, was stationed in San Diego for seven years and
supervised the Arellano Felix Cartel Task Force. They describe what makes this
cartel different from other cartels in its operations, brutality and
strategies.
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This July 2000 article is part of the San Diego Union Tribune's series
on the AFO.
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