"The Narcomami": the "invisible" leader of Arellano Felix who managed to control drug trafficking in Mexico

At first glance, the image might look like any other Mexican family. But in reality, it is the members of one of the The biggest drug trafficking cartels: Arellano Felix.

The criminal cell, also known as Cartel of Tijuana, dominated much of the drug trafficking in Mexico at the end of the twentieth century, and unleashed a bloody territorial struggle against Sinaloa Cartel, founded by the most powerful capo in the world, Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán.

The war between cartels caused thousands of deaths in the northwest of the country, including one of the brothers, Ramón, is indicated as responsible for the mbadacre of a family in Ensenada, Baja Californiain 1992. Ten years later, he was killed in a shooting.

Although the brothers followed one another to keep control of the organization, they fell one by one: Benjamin, the leader of the cartel, was captured in March 2002. François Xavier fell into the United States in 2006. And Francisco Rafael He was killed by a knocked man dressed as a clown at a party at The caps, in 2013.

Already weakened the milking cell, a woman took power: Enedina Arellano Felix, in his fifties, who went unnoticed in the list of the most dangerous narcos, according to the DEA.

Sánchez Arellano, aka "El Ingeniero" He was arrested in 2014 while watching a football game on television. Enedina, a profession of counting, was designated as the only leader of the party. Cartel of Tijuana; However, since 2002, reports from the United States describe it as the "financial brain" of the organization.

Although there is currently no evidence that the agreement disputes the the capos of Sinaloashe prefers to take a criminal group with as little confrontation as possible.

"It's a woman who speaks little and avoids the eccentricities of other capos and gets up very early". In 2003, the murdered journalist, Jesús Blancornelas, wrote that he had always advised his brothers of money laundering.

Many say that the bloody history of his brothers made it slippery, mechanical, unobtrusive and intelligent. "She's not the cruel brute or the lady obsessed with power and beauty."