

In 1980, Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo approached Sicilia Falcon with a business offer: he wished to form a single organization which controlled all the cultivation and distribution of marijuana in Mexico, which would mean less violence. Sicilia Falcon supervising the 1984 Tijuana raid "El Cubano" mentored Benjamin and Ramon Arellano Felix, allowing them to establish marijuana shipping routes through his territory he became known for his lavish parties and his high-society connections, such as Honduran airline mogul Juan Matta-Ballesteros. He made another escape attempt, this time succeeding and becoming a cocaine trafficker in the Tijuana corridor. Sicilia Falcon went on to tunnel his way out, only to be recaptured again and sentenced to 20 more years in prison. He escaped aboard a helicopter, only to be recaptured.

Sicilia Falcon became an arms dealer who was backed by the CIA in smuggling arms to anti-communist guerrillas in Latin America, but he was arrested in Mexico City in 1976 and bribed his way out of captivity. He took part in the Cuban Revolution against Fulgencio Batista, only to flee to the United States after Fidel Castro's regime began executing dissidents. His organization formed the nucleus of the former Tijuana Cartel he mentored future Tijuana bosses Benjamin and Ramon Arellano Felix before his 1985 arrest.Īlberto Sicilia Falcon was born in Matanzas, Cuba on 30 April 1945, and he was a troublesome and psychopathic child he was arrested several times for vandalism, disorderly conduct, and sodomy. Alberto "El Cubano" Sicilia Falcon (born 30 April 1945) was a Cuban drug trafficker and arms smuggler during the mid-20th century.
