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Article: Arellano Felix Arrest Won't Affect Cartel
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- August 17, 2006
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MEXICO CITY - The capture of suspected drug lord Francisco Javier Arellano Felix is unlikely to deal a death blow to the Tijuana cartel that bears his family name, partly because his reputation had little to do with his leadership abilities, experts said.
Although U.S. authorities announced Wednesday that they had "taken the head off the snake" with the arrest of Arellano Felix aboard a boat off Mexico's Pacific coast on Monday, the gang has effectively lost much of its influence over the years.
"For the war against drugs, this means nothing, since Francisco Javier was not an important part of the organization," said Jesus Blancornelas, a Tijuana journalist who has chronicled the city's ...