 Félix was killed by multiple shotgun blasts in 1988; two guards from the Agua Caliente Racetrack were later convicted of the murder.For the next eighteen years, Blancornelas left Félix's name on the "Zeta" masthead, marked with a black cross.He also published a full-page ad in every issue under Félix's "byline", asking the employer of the men, Tijuana politician Jorge Hank Rhon, why Félix had been murdered.