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Enedina "La Madrina" Arellano Felix de Toledo (born 12 April 1961) was the boss of the Tijuana Cartel from 2008 (with her son Luis Fernando Sanchez Arellano), succeeding Eduardo Arellano Felix.

Biography[]

Enedina Arellano Felix was born in Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico in 1961 to a family of drug traffickers. She was the sister of Benjamin, Carlos, Eduardo, Francisco Javier, Francisco Rafael, and Ramon, and she later became the mother of Tijuana Cartel boss Luis Fernando Sanchez Arellano. She went to private school in Guadalajara, Jalisco and became an accountant, and she worked with her brothers as their financial mastermind during the 1980s. During that time, she became business partners with Sandra Avila Beltran, whom she had previously rejected twice out of concern that dealing with her - an enemy of her brothers' boss Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo - would have negative consequences.

Rise to power[]

Instead, the two became very rich, as Arellano Felix bought a company which provided work visas to maids and domestic workers who crossed from Tijuana to California for

Tijuana Cartel

Criminal organization based in Tijuana, Mexico

Criminal organization

Areas predominantly controlled by the Tijuana Cartel shown in purple, 2008

Founded1987; 38 years ago (1987)[1]
Founded byBenjamín Arellano Félix, Ramón Arellano Félix
Founding locationTijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Years active1987–present[2][1]
TerritoryMexico:
Tijuana, Baja California,
Baja California Sur
United States:
San Diego, Los Angeles
EthnicityMexican
Leader(s)Enedina Arellano Félix
ActivitiesDrug trafficking, money laundering, people smuggling, murder, arms trafficking, bribery[3]
AlliesLogan Heights Gang[4]
Russian mafia[5]
Los Palillos (later became rivals)[6]
Cali Cartel (defunct)
Border Brothers
Norte del Valle Cartel (defunct)
Oaxaca Cartel (defunct)
RivalsSinaloa Cartel 
Los Cabos (CJNG cell in Baja California)[7]
Gulf Cartel
Los Palillos (in San Diego/Chula Vista)[8]
DEA

The Tijuana Cartel

Narcos Mexico cast: Who is Enedina Arellano Felix? What happened to her?

Narcos: Mexico trailer for series two of the Netflix crime drama

Narcos: Mexico tells the story of the birth of the Mexican drug cartels in the 1980s, focusing in particular on Felix Gallardo (played by Diego Luna). The second season also followed the growing cartels around him, including the one run by Enedina Arellano Felix (Mayra Hermosillo) and her brothers - here’s what you need to know about her.

Who is Enedina Arellano Felix in Narcos: Mexico?

Season two of Narcos: Mexico was set in the latter half of the 1980s as drug lord Gallardo began to lose the grip on his drug empire.

As the series progresses, the DEA closes in on him before he is finally arrested in 1989.

While his downfall is ongoing, there are other drug cartels which begin to rise up in his place.

Among these is the Tijuana Cartel, which is led by Arellano Felix and her six brothers.

READ MORE: Narcos Mexico season 3: Will Walt Breslin return for another series?

Narcos Mexico: Who is Enedina Arellano Felix? (Image: NETFLIX)

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