The former kingpin of Arellano Félix Organization, also known as the Tijuana cartel, petitioned last year for compassionate release after 11 years of 25-year term
after serving just 11 years of his quarter-century term.
Arellano’s rise to cartel kingpin, and his family’s control of the lucrative Tijuana smuggling corridor in the 1980s and 1990s, are part of narco lore. He and his three brothers were major traffickers of cocaine and marijuana, and later cheap methamphetamine, into the U.S. The 69-year-old’s motion for a sentence reduction and early release filed last April remains sealed, but a 19-page response from federal prosecutors and Burns’ ruling on Tuesday provided insight into his reasoning. Arellano argued he should be given credit for previous time served in Mexican custody; that the COVID-19 pandemic combined with his health issues created “an extraordinary and compelling reason” to reduce his sentence; and that he has been rehabilitated.
But Burns wrote that even if those arguments did have merit, he would have denied Arellano’s petition based on the nature and circumstances of his crimes, and Arellano’s history and characteristics.
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