An infamous Mexican drug lord, Francisco Rafael Arellano Félix was assassinated at his own 64th birthday party by a killer clown who shot up the venue and then fled on this day nine years ago on October 18, 2013. Francisco Rafael was the cartel boss and the oldest out of his Arellano Felix brothers who established and led the Tijuana Cartel in the late 1980s, the Daily Star reports.
In the early 90's, the gang were fighting with rival crew, Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán's Sinaloa Cartel after they tried to take power over Tijuana. The war between the two drug lords peaked when Tijuana Cartel gunmen attempted to murder El Chapo at Guadalajara International Airport on May 24, 1993 but instead accidentally shot Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo, who was a highly regarded Roman Catholic Cardinal.
The attack backfired on the gang months later as Francisco Rafael was consequently arrested in relation to the murder and also faced drug trafficking charges. Following his release from US prison in 2008, the drugs boss moved to Los Cabos, a resort town in the Baja California peninsula, where he'd eventually be assassinated.
