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Top trafficker Beltran Leyva dead

ARTURO Beltran Leyva, one of Mexico's most wanted drug traffickers, was killed in a shoot out with state security forces yesterday, the navy said.

"We confirm the death of Arturo Beltran Leyva. He was killed in a navy operation in Cuernavaca," said a navy captain in the Mexican capital who declined to be named.

Navy forces have become increasingly involved in President Felipe Calderon's fight against drug gangs.





 

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