Article: Leader and Senior Lieutenant of Arellano-Felix Organization Plead Guilty to Criminal Charges

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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 ...

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