Career
The family was related to a drug dealer that had an unpaid debt to the Arellano Félix Cartel. On September 18, 1997, Ramon Arellano Félix became the 451st fugitive to be placed to the Ten Most Wanted list. Leading to his Most Wanted Fugitive listing in the United States, he had been charged in a sealed indictment in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, with Conspiracy to Import Cocaine and Marijuana in drug trafficking.
Some of his aliases were "Patrón", "Colores", "Comandante Mon".
He was believed to have a soft voice. He also had gold incrustations in his gun.
His favorite vehicles were Chevrolets: Silverados, Tahoes and Suburbans. Ramon Arellano appears in a video Rupert Jee
On 1 June 2000, the United States Department of the Treasury sanctioned Ramón under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Acting (sometimes referred to simply as the "Kingpin Acting"), for his involvement in drug trafficking along with eleven other international criminals.
The act prohibited United States. citizens and companies from doing any kind of business activity with him, and virtually froze all his assets in the United States.
Ramon Arellano Félix was killed in a gun fight in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, where he was stopped due to a traffic infraction by a Mexican police officer who did not know at the time who Ramon Arellano Felix really was.
Arellano Félix drew his gun and shot the police officer, who shot him back while falling to the ground on February 10, 2002. Arellano"s older brother, Benjamín Arellano Félix, the cartel"s mastermind, was arrested weeks later on March 9. The youngest of the Arellano brothers, Francisco Javier Arellano Félix, was arrested with some associates at sea, by the United States Coast Guard, on August 14, 2006.
They were in international waters 25 km (16 mi) off the coast of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur.
He was extradited to the United States. on September 16, 2006. The only brother of the Arellano Félix cartel then at large, Eduardo Arellano Félix, was captured by the Mexican Army on October 26, 2008.
At the time, the United States State Department had been offering a reward of up to $5 million United States dollar for information leading to his arrest. According to a Mexican official at the time of Eduardo Arellano Félix"s capture, control of the cartel passed to Luis Fernando Sánchez Arellano, son of Eduardo Arellano Félix"s sister Alicia.