Arturo Beltran Leyva

Happy Two Years In Hell, Jefe de Jefe

Jamie Haase | Posted 04.08.2012

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Jamie Haase

It's been two years since the dramatic killing of drug kingpin Arturo Beltran Leyva. But if removing critical targets proves to accomplish nothing when it comes to interrupting the flow of narcotics -- what will it take for the violence to subside?

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Mexican Judge Sentences 14-Year-Old Hitman To Three Years In Prison

AP | Posted 09.25.2011

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By OSWALD ALONSO, Associated Press MIACATLAN, Mexico -- A Mexican judge on Tuesday sentenced a teenage U.S. citizen to three years in prison for ho...

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Mexico Drug War: Police Find 4 Tortured Bodies In Guerrero

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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ACAPULCO, Mexico — Mexican authorities found seven corpses in two abandoned cars along with written messages referring to drug cartels, state po...

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Arturo Beltran LeyvaSevered head left at grave of Mexican drug lord

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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CULIACAN, Mexico — A severed human head and a flower were found in front of the tomb of deceased drug lord Arturo Beltran Leyva in northern Mexi...

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Drug War Murder Victims Found Hanging From Mexico Overpass

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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odmsg OR CULIACAN, Mexico — The bound, beaten bodies of two men were found hanging by their necks from a highway overpass in northern Mexico on ...

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Mexico: Gunmen Kill Family Of Melquisedet Angulo, Slain Drug War Hero

AP | E. EDUARDO CASTILLO | Posted 05.25.2011

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MEXICO CITY — Assailants on Tuesday gunned down the mother, aunt and siblings of a marine killed in a raid that took out one of Mexico's most po...

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Arturo Beltran Leyva, Top Cartel Kingpin, Killed In Shootout With Mexican Navy

AP | JULIE WATSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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MEXICO CITY — Mexican troops acting on information from U.S. officials took out drug kingpin Arturo Beltran Leyva in an assault that provided a ...

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Cartel Murdered Marine Drug-War Hero's Family In Retaliation

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico — Four suspected members of a cartel-aligned hit squad have been arrested in the slaying of the family of a Mexican marine ...

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Help Wanted: Mexican Drug Kingpin

Norm Stamper | Posted 05.25.2011

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Norm Stamper

Mexico's drug-related violence will not end with the death of drug kingpin Beltran Leyva. Until we recognize that the U.S.-led global war on drugs is the systemic cause of the carnage, violence will intensify.

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Drug Lord Guide: Mexico's 4 Most Notorious Gangsters

GlobalPost | Posted 05.25.2011

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Despite an army crackdown and vicious turf battles that have led to the capture or killings of thousands of Mexico's drug traffickers, the most notori...

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