 On November 5, 2007, he was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty in September 2007 to running a criminal enterprise and laundering money.According to his lawyer there have been preparations to send him to the supermax ADX Florence, but the final decision where he will be housed rests with the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BoP).In June 2015, Arellano Félix's sentence was reduced to 23 1/2 years for cooperation with authorities during his incarceration.