Mexican forces kill drug lord Beltran Leyva

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Mexican forces kill drug lord Beltran Leyva

Posted by Publius Alter on Dec 17th, 2009 and filed under Top Stories. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

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CUERNAVACA, Mexico (Reuters) – Mexican security forces tracked down and killed drug lord Arturo Beltran Leyva, one of the most wanted traffickers in Mexico and the United States, in a victory for President Felipe Calderon‘s drug war.