The cartel's importance diminished after the arrest of one of the Beltran Leyva brothers and the death of another in a shootout with Mexican marines in 2009. Federal police captured Villa Sanchez ...

Founded by the four Beltran Leyva brothers – Arturo, Carlos, Alfredo and Hector – the organization was once aligned with Guzman’s Sinaloa cartel but later switched allegiance to Los Zetas.

Héctor Beltrán “El H” Leyva, one of four brothers to helm the Beltran Leyva cartel, died Sunday of an apparent heart attack at a Mexican maximum-security federal prison. Leyva, who had been ...

Beltran Leyva pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges to smuggle tons of cocaine and methamphetamine as part of a violent organization run by him and his brothers stretching from drug suppliers in ...

Beltran Leyva and his brothers ran the Beltran Leyva cartel that smuggled tons of cocaine and methamphetamine as part of a drug organization stretching from South America to cells in a dozen U ...

The Public Safety office said in a statement Saturday night that Mr. Beltrán Leyva was arrested in Culiacán, the capital of Sinaloa State, where he and several of his brothers were born and were ...

Beltrán Leyva, 56, was one of four brothers who led the drug cartel of the same name which was known for its deadly rivalry with the Sinaloa cartel led by Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán. Héctor ...

assumed leadership of the Beltran Leyva cartel after his brother Arturo was killed by Mexican troops in a shootout in late 2009. Two other brothers are behind bars for their involvement in the cartel.

The cartel's importance diminished after the arrest of one of the Beltran Leyva brothers and the death of another in a shootout with Mexican marines in 2009.