Juan Francisco Murillo Díaz, also known as "El Güero Jaibo" (

Mexican Spanish Mexican Spanish () is the variety of dialects and sociolects of the Spanish language spoken in Mexico and its bordering regions. Mexico has the largest number of Spanish speakers, more than double any other country in the world. Spanish is spo ...

slang: "Tampico Whitey"), was a member of the

Tijuana Cartel The Tijuana Cartel (, ), formerly also known as the Arellano-Félix Cartel (, CAF), is a Mexican drug cartel based in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. Founded by the Arellano-Félix family, the cartel once was described as "one of the biggest a ...

(Arellano Félix Organization), believed to be one of the masterminds and shooters behind the

assassination Assassination is the willful killing, by a sudden, secret, or planned attack, of a personespecially if prominent or important. It may be prompted by political, ideological, religious, financial, or military motives. Assassinations are orde ...

of Cardinal

Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo (11 November 1926 – 24 May 1993) was an archbishop of the Catholic Church in Mexico who served as the eighth archbishop of the see of Guadalajara and as a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Posadas Ocampo was ...

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, in May 1993. Although he was never arrested, Murillo was identified as the actual shooter, along with Édgar Nicolás Villegas, AKA "El Negro" (The Negro). Murillo was killed in a shootout with judicial police in

Los Mochis Los Mochis () is a coastal city in northern Sinaloa, Mexico. It serves as the municipal seat of the municipality of Ahome. As of the 2010 census, the population was 362,613, which was 61 percent of the municipality's population. Los Mochis is th ...

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, in August 1993.Lopez Doriga, Joaquin. "Los Agujeros Oscuros en el Asesinato del Cardenal Posadas Ocampo." ''Radio Formula'', June 11, 2001.

Other cartel members

Murillo's nephew, Ulises Murillo Mariscal, also a member of the Arellano Félix Organization, was arrested in 1994 at his home in

, for possession of

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and several firearms. Still at large and unidentified is Murillo's other nephew, known only as "El Tiburón" (The Shark). He is believed to be living in the

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, in either

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. In August 2006 the D.E.A. and U.S. Coast Guard captured the suspected leader of the Arellano Félix Organization,

Francisco Javier Arellano Félix Francisco Javier Arellano Félix (born 11 December 1969) is a former Mexican drug lord who alongside his brothers founded and led the Tijuana Cartel (a.k.a. the Arellano-Félix Organization) until his capture by the United States Coast Guard o ...

, AKA "El Tigrillo" (The Wildcat), along with his lieutenant Arturo Manuel Villareal Heredia, AKA "El Nalgón" (The One with Big Ass).

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Joaquín López Dóriga article on the murder of Ocampo
(Spanish) {{DEFAULTSORT:Murillo Diaz, Juan Francisco Year of birth missing 1993 deaths Mexican assassins Tijuana Cartel traffickers Deaths by firearm in Mexico People shot dead by law enforcement officers in Mexico

Other cartel members

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