Guadalajara cartel, he developed an ongoing rivalry with Joaquín Guzmán, which was a significant factor that led to the violent conflict between the Tijuana cartel and the Guzmán's cartel. In 2002, Ramon was executed by police in a shootout in the western state of Sinaloa. Francisco Javier Arellano Félix Carlos' youngest brother Francisco Javier Arellano Félix also played a role in the Tijuana Cartel known for laundering money within the organisation. After the arrest of Carlos' brother Benjamín and the death of his other brother Ramón, Francisco became the natural successor to head the organisation. He was in charge of daily operations since 2000, however, was captured by the Coast Guard in August 2006. In November 2007, he was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty in September 2007. Francisco Rafael Arellano Félix Carlos' oldest brother Francisco Rafael Arellano Félix was also an active member of the Tijuana Cartel. In 1980, Francisco was arrested in San Diego after supplying cocaine to a DEA agent. Francisco then fled after posting bail and was then captured in Tijuana in 1993. He spent 15 years in United States prisons and was later released in March 2008. Analysts believed that he continued to actively play a role in the cartels organisation when returning to Mexico. Luis Fernando Arellano Félix There is little information available on Carlos' seventh brother, Luis Fernando Arellano Félix. However, he is known to have been involved in family owned businesses and there are suspicions that he participated in money laundering. He remains unwanted by United States law enforcement. Enedina Arellano Felix and Alicia Arellano Félix Carlos' sisters Enedina Arellano Felix and Alicia Arellano Félix currently lead the Tijuana Cartel. Before leading the Tijuana Cartel, they handled much of the organisation's financial operations and money laundering. The Tijuana Cartel The drug trafficking organisation that Carlos is predominantly known for is the Tijuana Cartel. Carlos and many of his immediate and external family members were involved in illegal activity through the organisation. The Arellano's who were involved in the organisation were described as 'reasonable business men' by some individuals who trafficked through their territory. However, their use of random violence in exposed settings was problematic and engendered many enemies The former head of Organised Crime Unit of the Mexican Federal Attorney General's Office, states that the organisation was one of the first main Mexican drug trafficking organisation to drastically increase its