Bentley driver's slaying in L.A. might have cartel link

Jul. 3, 2009
The LAPD is investigating whether a shooting on the 101 Freeway near downtown in December may have stemmed from an Arellano Felix drug rivalry. The luxury car was riddled with bullets. The shooting last December was as mysterious as it was brazen: On a downtown stretch of the 101 Freeway, a storm...
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