Overview

• He was moved to U.S. custody on August 12 alongside 26 other high-value inmates at the request of American justice authorities.
• Félix was originally apprehended on January 18, 2025 by Mexican Army and National Guard forces in Quilá, Culiacán.
• A Mexican federal judge had linked him to possession of fentanyl with intent to traffic and to carrying a firearm reserved for military use.
• He rose through La Mayiza as a son-in-law and protégé of Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada, leading the armed cell Los Demonios before coordinating drug trafficking in Sonora.
• His transfer underscores deepening U.S.-Mexico cooperation on cartel prosecutions even as his case in Mexico remains unresolved.