Soldiers stand guard near an apartment complex in Cuernavaca, Mexico, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009. A Mexican navy official said alleged drug cartel chief Arturo Beltran Leyva was killed in a shootout with sailors Wednesday. Two hundred sailors raided an upscale apartment complex and killed one of Mexico’s top kingpins in a two-hour gunbattle Wednesday, one […]
Soldiers stand guard near an apartment complex in Cuernavaca, Mexico, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009. A Mexican navy official said alleged drug cartel chief Arturo Beltran Leyva was killed in a shootout with sailors Wednesday. Two hundred sailors raided an upscale apartment complex and killed one of Mexico’s top kingpins in a two-hour gunbattle Wednesday, one of the biggest victories yet in President Felipe Calderon’s drug war. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo) Original Filename: Mexico_Drug_War_MXEV104.jpg
