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Arellano Felix arrives in San Diego

Accused drug kingpin Francisco Javier Arellano-Felix arrived on U.S. soil this morning in San Diego. He was immediately whisked away to a downtown federal detention center where he will be booked.

Accused drug kingpin Francisco Javier Arellano-Felix arrived on U.S. soil this morning in San Diego. He was immediately whisked away to a downtown federal detention center where he will be booked.

Arellano Felix, accompanied by about a half-dozen other men, arrived on a U.S. Coast Guard boat at the agency's harborside facility. The group was
escorted to a waiting motorcade of police vehicles and unmarked Chevy Suburbans as snipers watched from atop a nearby hanger. The identities of the men who arrived with Arellano Felix weren't immediately clear.

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