Violeta Vizcarra is the second woman mentioned in the book who is suing the author and publisher. Anabel Hernández's "Las ...

Violence is spiking in Morelos and business owners are complaining about extortion by criminal groups. Coca-Cola and local tortilla-makers are being threatened.

The WikiLeaks documents from Mexico show that U.S. officials wanted to know more about Calderon's leadership style; and a behind-the-scenes look at the December 2009 killing of Mexican kingpin Arturo ...

In December 2009, Mexican marines killed brother Arturo Beltran Leyva and later arrested Carlos Beltran Leyva. In 2010, the remnants of the Beltran Leyva cartel were reputedly taken over by ...

A powerful Mexican drug cartel leader whose arrest nine years ... In 2009, Mexican marines killed brother Arturo Beltran Leyva and later arrested Carlos Beltran Leyva. In 2010, the remnants ...

As of November, Edgar Valdez-Villareal, a Mexican American cartel leader ... After the December 2009 death of cartel leader Arturo Beltran-Leyva, La Barbie launched a brutal battle for control ...

December 16, 2009 – Arturo Beltran Leyva, head of the Beltran Leyva cartel, is killed in a shootout with Mexican forces in Cuernavaca. 2009 – The Mexican government reports 9,635 deaths in ...

Mexico's criminal landscape has shifted over the past decade, with hundreds of gangs and splinter groups emerging. Those groups partner with and fight against the few remaining major cartels that ...

A former lieutenant in Mexico’s notorious Beltran-Leyva ... Gamez-Garcia is a cousin of former cartel kingpin Arturo Beltran-Leyva and had acted as the organization’s logistics chief after ...

Gamez-Garcia is a cousin of former cartel kingpin Arturo Beltran-Leyva and acted as the organization's logistics chief. Beltran-Leyva was killed in a firefight with Mexican authorities in 2009 ...

which included the Beltran Leyva organization, broke apart, sparking one of the bloodiest episodes of Mexican cartel infighting. Brothers Alfredo and Carlos were arrested, while Arturo was killed ...

With his brothers Alfredo, Arturo and Carlos, Leyva was part of Guzman's powerful cartel in Sinaloa until they separated in 2008 and launched their Beltran ... scapegoated by Mexico's "corrupt ...