Mexico Gulf drug cartel leader Ezequiel Cardenas killed

06.11.2010 [16:28]
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Baku, November 6 (AZERTAC). A leader of Mexico`s powerful Gulf drug cartel has been shot dead by security forces in a town near the US border, the Mexican military says.

Ezequiel Cardenas Guillen, known as “Tony Tormenta”, was killed in the city of Matamoros, across the border from Brownsville in Texas. He is the brother of former Gulf cartel leader Osiel Cardenas, who was extradited to the US in 2007.

Residents in Matamoros spoke of a shoot-out lasting for several hours.

Three suspected gunmen and two marines were also killed in the gun battle, according to federal security spokesman Alejandro Poire. A local journalist also died in the crossfire, Mexican media reported.

Cardenas, 48, had been indicted in the US on drugs charges, and the US Drug Enforcement Administration was offering a reward of up to $5m for his arrest.

Mexico Gulf drug cartel leader Ezequiel Cardenas killed

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