Thursday, 17 December 2009 11:23
The head of one of Mexico's top drug cartels has been killed by Mexican soldiers as drug-related violence has taken its toll on the Central American country.
According to AP, the country's justice ministry said in a statement
Arturo Beltran Leyva was killed Wednesday along with four other members of his gang in a battle with Mexican soldiers.
The so-called "godfather" of the "Beltran Leyva brothers" cartel was killed "during an intense battle between presumed members of his organization and military personnel from the Marine infantry in Cuernavaca, close to Mexico City.
Three soldiers were injured by grenade fragments during the violence.
Earlier Wednesday, police in north Mexico discovered the bodies of at least six decapitated law enforcement officers killed in a suspected revenge attack by drug gangs.
http://english.irib.ir/index.php/news/political/28795-top-mexican-drug-cartel-leader-killed
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