Hand-lettered posters signed “the boss of bosses ... He was listed with Arturo Beltran Leyva this year among the country’s 24 most-wanted drug traffickers. Analysts said the man allegedly ...

Mexican troops acting on information from U.S. officials took out drug kingpin Arturo Beltran Leyva in an assault that provided a rare victory for President Felipe Calderon but left a power vacuum ...

Beltran Leyva led the Beltran Leyva Organization with his brothers Hector Beltran Leyva and Arturo Beltran Leyva, according to a Department of Justice press release. Authorities said the brothers ...

Hit men linked to Beltran Leyva’s cartel have a strong presence in the state and are believed to be behind the slayings of Angulo’s mother, his two siblings and his aunt, federal officials ...

Arturo Beltran Leyva, the "boss of bosses," and six members of his cartel died in the shootout Wednesday in Cuernavaca, just south of Mexico City, according to a navy statement Thursday.

One of the brothers, Alfredo Beltran Leyva, was arrested in January 2008. The Mexican government had listed Arturo Beltran Leyva as one its 24 most-wanted drug lords and had offered a $2.1 million ...

One of Mexico's most-wanted drug lords has been killed in a shoot-out with state security forces, officials say. Arturo Beltran Leyva and four alleged members of his cartel died in a raid by troops on ...

The officers then identified the informant and handed his photo to an irate Arturo Beltran-Leyva. Within days, the informant was kidnapped and murdered, authorities say. The details of the 2008 ...

"An intense battle between presumed members of Beltran Leyva's criminal cartel organisation and members of the Mexican marine infantry, resulted in the death of Arturo Beltran Leyva tonight," a ...

AFP - Arturo Beltran Leyva, head of one of Mexico's top drug cartels, was killed Wednesday along with four other cartel members in a battle with Mexican soldiers, the naval ministry said.

(Reuters) - Mexican security forces killed Mexican Arturo Beltran Leyva, one of Mexico's most wanted drug traffickers, in a gun battle in south of Mexico City on Wednesday. Here are some facts on ...