Gunmen dressed as clowns kill Mexican drug lord at family party
Gunmen disguised as clowns at a children's party shot dead the eldest brother of Mexico's once-powerful Arellano Felix drug cartel family.
Gunmen disguised as clowns at a children's party shot dead the eldest brother of Mexico's once-powerful Arellano Felix drug cartel family.
Francisco Rafael Arellano Felix, 63, was gunned down at a family event on Friday in Cabo San Lucas, a tourist resort in the Baja California peninsula, state special investigations prosecutor Isai Arias said.
"He was hit by two bullets, one in the thorax and one in the head," Arias said.
Relatives identified the former Tijuana drug cartel lieutenant's body, Arias said, adding no arrests have been made.
The gunmen were dressed as clowns when they shot Arellano Felix at the party in the luxurious Casa Oceano tourist residence.
The Arellano Felix brothers once dominated drug trafficking between Mexico and California through their brutal Tijuana cartel, inspiring characters in the Steven Soderbergh movie . Most of the Arellano Felix brothers have been either killed or arrested, leaving the cartel in tatters. Infighting also weakened the group.
