Fernando S\u00e1nchez Arellano, alias \u201cEl Ingeniero\u201d o \u201cFernandito\u201d, fue el enigm\u00e1tico l\u00edder del Cartel de Tijuana hasta su captura en junio de 2014. Es hijo de Enedina, hermana de los infames hermanos Arellano F\u00e9lix, los fundadores originales del Cartel de Tijuana. Sali\u00f3 de prisi\u00f3n en 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
El Ingeniero naci\u00f3 en Tijuana, M\u00e9xico, en 1977. Se cree que trabaj\u00f3 estrechamente con su madre Enedina y particip\u00f3 en una amplia gama de delitos incluyendo tr\u00e1fico de drogas, extorsi\u00f3n, robo y secuestro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tras la muerte o captura de varios de sus hermanos que lideraron el Cartel de Tijuana, , la organizaci\u00f3n se dividi\u00f3 en 2008, entre una facci\u00f3n encabezada por El Ingeniero y otra por Eduardo Teodoro Garc\u00eda Simental, alias \u201cEl Teo\u201d o \u201cTres Letras\u201d. El Teo busc\u00f3 una alianza con el Cartel de Sinaloa, mientras que El Ingeniero presuntamente se ali\u00f3 con Los Zetas, lo cual desat\u00f3 una sangrienta batalla. Sin embargo, a ra\u00edz de la detenci\u00f3n de El Teo en enero de 2010, la organizaci\u00f3n se consolid\u00f3 de nuevo bajo el mando de El Ingenierio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
El Ingeniero hered\u00f3 una organizaci\u00f3n mucho m\u00e1s d\u00e9bil que lo que lleg\u00f3 a ser durante su apogeo en los noventa y principios de la primera d\u00e9cada del siglo veintiuno. Algunos miembros incluso habr\u00edan desertado de su poderoso rival, el Cartel de Sinaloa, que para entonces hab\u00eda comenzado a forzar su ingreso a Tijuana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
El Ingeniero fue detenido por el Ej\u00e9rcito Mexicano el 23 de junio de 2014 en Tijuana, dejando a su madre Enedina a cargo del grupo criminal. Estuvo recluido nueve a\u00f1os en El Altiplano, una prisi\u00f3n de m\u00e1xima seguridad de M\u00e9xico, hasta que se le otorg\u00f3 libertad condicional en 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
El Ingeniero estuvo involucrado en una gran variedad de actividades criminales, pero se centr\u00f3 principalmente en el contrabando de narc\u00f3ticos desde el estado mexicano de Baja California hacia el Sur de California, en Estados Unidos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nacido en Tijuana, El Ingeniero continu\u00f3 operando en esa ciudad hasta el momento de su captura en 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
El Ingeniero estuvo involucrado en una larga batalla con El Teo, jefe de la facci\u00f3n rival del Cartel de Tijuana. Tambi\u00e9n se enfrent\u00f3 al Cartel de Sinaloa, pero se cree que ambos carteles eventualmente alcanzaron una tregua.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
El Ingeniero estuvo nueve a\u00f1os en prisi\u00f3n, hasta que un juez le otorg\u00f3 libertad condicional en 2023. Actualmente, no est\u00e1 claro si contin\u00faa participando en las actividades criminales del Cartel de Tijuana.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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