Juan Francisco Sillas-Rocha, a lieutenant in the Tijuana Cartel who once boasted of killing 30 people a month, has been extradited to the United States eleven years after his arrest in Mexico.
In today’s #CriminalThreads, we take a look at the once-mighty Tijuana Cartel🧵👇
In today’s #CriminalThreads, we take a look at the once-mighty Tijuana Cartel🧵👇
The Tijuana Cartel, also known as the Arellano Félix Organization, controlled the vital drug trafficking border city of Tijuana in the 1990s and early 2000s. Its power has since waned. Read its history here: bit.ly/3RRs0o7
The Tijuana Cartel was built around the Arellano Félix family. In 2014, Enedina Arellano Felix took over the family’s dealings following the capture of her son, Fernando Sánchez. bit.ly/3dh9WFd
In 2017, a former Tijuana Cartel enforcer, Martin Corona, released a biography detailing the chaotic inner workings of Tijuana’s erstwhile top gang. bit.ly/3BI8XqN
As the Tijuana Cartel began to collapse, some members merged with the Jalisco Cartel to create the Tijuana New Generation Cartel. Today, it is among the “new generation” of cartels responsible for extreme violence in Mexico. bit.ly/3UfiigW
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