Where was Mexican drug lord Arturo Beltran Leyva killed?
Mexican security forces killed Mexican Arturo Beltran Leyva, one of Mexico’s most wanted drug traffickers, in a gun battle in south of Mexico City on Wednesday. Here are some facts on the top trafficker, who was fighting for dominance in the country’s billion-dollar narcotics trade: * Beltran Leyva, who dubbed himself “The Boss of Bosses”, was an influential member of the country’s most powerful cartel, the Sinaloa gang, until he split after a betrayal by Mexico’s most wanted trafficker Joaquin “Shorty” Guzman led to the arrest of his brother Alfredo Beltran Leyva in January 2008. * Beltran Leyva, who was born in the Pacific state of Sinaloa and believed to be in his late 40s, was one of five brothers who broke with Guzman and won control of smuggling routes in central and southern Mexico and the Mexican capital. * Beltran Leyva, who narrowly escaped capture in May of last year, also allied himself with the Gulf cartel and their feared Zeta hitmen in northeastern Mexico. That cartel co
Mexican security forces killed Mexican Arturo Beltran Leyva, one of Mexico’s most wanted drug traffickers, in a gun battle in south of Mexico City on Wednesday. Here are some facts on the top trafficker, who was fighting for dominance in the country’s billion-dollar narcotics trade: * Beltran Leyva, who dubbed himself “The Boss of Bosses”, was an influential member of the country’s most powerful cartel, the Sinaloa gang, until he split after a betrayal by Mexico’s most wanted trafficker Joaquin “Shorty” Guzman led to the arrest of his brother Alfredo Beltran Leyva in January 2008. * Beltran Leyva, who was born in the Pacific state of Sinaloa and believed to be in his late 40s, was one of five brothers who broke with Guzman and won control of smuggling routes in central and southern Mexico and the Mexican capital. * Beltran Leyva, who narrowly escaped capture in May of last year, also allied himself with the Gulf cartel and their feared Zeta hitmen in northeastern Mexico. That cartel co
