Javier Arellano-Felix, an infamous Mexican drug lord has been apprehanded by the US Coast Guard according to media reports.

Arellano-Felix, who had been on a recreational vessel with 7 other adults who were also arrested, is the head of a family who has long been suspected of being major players in the Mexican drug scene and responsible for the export of massive quantities of drugs to the US.

“For over a decade, the Arellano-Felix family
dominated the Mexican drug trade and flooded our nation with hundreds
of tons of cocaine and marijuana, and massive quantities of
methamphetamine and heroin,” according to a DEA officer.

The US State Department had had a reward of $5 million for Arellano-Felix who was also wanted in connection with money laundering offences.

Felix, rose to the head of his family only after his older brothers had been either arrested or killed.

He has two remaining brothers, Benjamin and Eduardo, one of who is likely to take the reins of the family’s drug operations in the near future.