Arturo Beltran Leyva Mexican Drug Lord Killed
December 16, 2009 by national
Filed under Incident Reports
Mexican security forces have killed drug lord Arturo Beltran Leyva, one of the most wanted traffickers in both Mexico and the United States, in a victory for President Felipe Calderon’s war on drug cartels.
Beltran Leyva, a drug lord dubbed “The Boss of Bosses,” was killed on Wednesday by Navy forces in a luxury residential complex in the southern city of Cuernavaca.
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