Mexican drug kingpin killed by marines
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November 7, 2010, Sunday
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MEXICAN marines killed a reputed Gulf cartel leader and one of Mexico's most-wanted drug lords in a spectacular, hours-long gun battle near the US border, the latest in a growing number of hits on the country's drug kingpins.
Antonio Ezequiel Cardenas Guillen, also known as "Tony Tormenta" or "Tony the Storm," was killed on Friday along with four of his gunmen and three marines in the city of Matamoros, across from Brownsville, Texas, the Mexican navy said in a statement.
A soldier and a local reporter were also killed in related mayhem that began on Friday morning.
Cardenas Guillen, 48, is believed to have run the powerful cartel along with Jorge Eduardo Costilla Sanchez, moving cocaine and marijuana into the United States. He had been indicted on drug-trafficking charges in the US, where authorities had offered a US$5 million reward for information leading to his arrest.
Mexican authorities offered a US$2 million reward and had him on their list of the nation's most-wanted drug traffickers.
He was killed in a two-hour shootout in an operation that included 150 marines, three helicopters and 17 military vehicles and that was the result of more than six months of intelligence work, the Mexican navy said in a statement. The navy said troops showing up to arrest Cardenas Guillen were met with grenades and heavy weapon fire. Gun battles had raged throughout the city since the morning.
The Matamoros newspaper El Expreso said on its website that reporter Carlos Guajardo was killed covering one of the shootouts. Local news media reported Guajardo was leaving the area of the clash when his car was hit by gunfire more than 20 times.
Reporters at nearby El Expreso huddled in the newsroom and published nothing on its website about the violence except for their colleague's death.
A video posted on YouTube showed a string of SUVs and pickup trucks with gunmen racing through an empty street while continuous shooting was heard in the background. Men wearing ski masks got out of a car and used it to block the street.
More than 28,000 Mexicans have been killed in drug-related violence since Mexican President Felipe Calderon launched a national assault on organized crime in late 2006.
The Committee to Protect Journalists reported that at least 22 Mexican journalists have been killed since December 2006.
Antonio Ezequiel Cardenas Guillen, also known as "Tony Tormenta" or "Tony the Storm," was killed on Friday along with four of his gunmen and three marines in the city of Matamoros, across from Brownsville, Texas, the Mexican navy said in a statement.
A soldier and a local reporter were also killed in related mayhem that began on Friday morning.
Cardenas Guillen, 48, is believed to have run the powerful cartel along with Jorge Eduardo Costilla Sanchez, moving cocaine and marijuana into the United States. He had been indicted on drug-trafficking charges in the US, where authorities had offered a US$5 million reward for information leading to his arrest.
Mexican authorities offered a US$2 million reward and had him on their list of the nation's most-wanted drug traffickers.
He was killed in a two-hour shootout in an operation that included 150 marines, three helicopters and 17 military vehicles and that was the result of more than six months of intelligence work, the Mexican navy said in a statement. The navy said troops showing up to arrest Cardenas Guillen were met with grenades and heavy weapon fire. Gun battles had raged throughout the city since the morning.
The Matamoros newspaper El Expreso said on its website that reporter Carlos Guajardo was killed covering one of the shootouts. Local news media reported Guajardo was leaving the area of the clash when his car was hit by gunfire more than 20 times.
Reporters at nearby El Expreso huddled in the newsroom and published nothing on its website about the violence except for their colleague's death.
A video posted on YouTube showed a string of SUVs and pickup trucks with gunmen racing through an empty street while continuous shooting was heard in the background. Men wearing ski masks got out of a car and used it to block the street.
More than 28,000 Mexicans have been killed in drug-related violence since Mexican President Felipe Calderon launched a national assault on organized crime in late 2006.
The Committee to Protect Journalists reported that at least 22 Mexican journalists have been killed since December 2006.
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