EL JEFE DE TIJUANA: La Caída del Hombre que Construyó el Cártel

February 10, 2002. Avenida del Mar, hotel zone of Mazatlán, Sinaloa. A man travels with documents in the name of Jorge Pérez López and a counterfeit identification card from the Attorney General's Office. His real name was Ramón Arellano Félix. The fourth of eleven siblings in the family that led the Tijuana Cartel for more than a decade. One of the central figures of the organization. And one of the names the FBI included on its list of most wanted fugitives, only the second Mexican to appear on that historic list. This is the story of one of the most important figures in the Tijuana Cartel during the 1990s. The story of the "Narcojuniors" model, young men from wealthy families in the border city who joined the organization. The story of the rivalry between the Tijuana Cartel and the Sinaloa Cartel, which defined a whole decade of Mexican drug trafficking. And the story of the two versions that still contradict each other today about what happened that February morning in Mazatlán. What really happened on Avenida del Mar? And what role did the war between the two most powerful cartels of the time play? We analyze Mexican and U.S. court records, FBI and DEA reports, and journalistic investigations that document the trajectory of one of the most influential families in the history of Mexican drug trafficking. A family that dominated one of Mexico's most strategic borders. And the episode that marked the beginning of its decline. 📌 Subscribe for more stories about organized crime in Mexico. 🔔 Turn on notifications so you don't miss any cases. #ArellanoFelix #TijuanaCartel #MexicanDrugTrafficking #Tijuana #DrugHistory #Documentary #Mazatlán #OrganizedCrime