Eduardo Arellano-Felix is sentenced for money laundering and illicit drug profits . The U.S. government says Arellano Felix, who was born in Mexico but grew up in the United States, has been a fugitive since he fled to Tijuana from prison on May 26, 1993. Arellano-Felix , 56 , was sentenced after pleading guilty in May to charges of conspiracy to launder money and to use and invest illicit drug profits . Two of his brothers are in U.S. prisons ; the third was killed in a 2002 shootout with police .
Eduardo Arellano-Felix is sentenced for money laundering and illicit drug profits . The U.S. government says Arellano Felix, who was born in Mexico but grew up in the United States, has been a fugitive since he fled to Tijuana from prison on May 26, 1993. Two of his brothers are in U.S. prisons ; the third was killed in a 2002 shootout with police .