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Article: Leader and Senior Lieutenant of Arellano-Felix Organization Plead Guilty to Criminal Charges
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- September 17, 2007
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To: NATIONAL EDITORS
Contact: U.S. Department of Justice, +1-202-514-2008, TDD: +1-202-
514-1888
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Francisco Javier
Arellano- Felix, the former leader of the deadly and violent
narcotics trafficking Arellano-Felix Organization (AFO), and one of
his senior lieutenants, Manuel Arturo Villarreal-Heredia, have
pleaded guilty to criminal charges, the Department of Justice
announced today.
Arellano-Felix, 37, and Villarreal-Heredia, 32, entered their
pleas today before U.S. District Judge Larry A. Burns in federal
court in San Diego.
Arellano-Felix pleaded guilty to operating a continuing criminal
enterprise and conspiring to launder monetary ...