Arturo Beltran Leyva was among those killed Wednesday in a two-hour firefight in Cuernavaca, as town south of Mexico City. He led a gang that is believed to be responsible for tons of cocaine ...

Héctor Beltrán Leyva, the last of the brothers to head the cartel, was arrested in October 2014. He had been posing as an art dealer ... cartel after his brother Arturo was killed in a shootout ...

In addition, the succession battle since the death of Arturo Beltran Leyva in December has been taxing and left the group exposed. Fighting between rival wings has left scores of gang members dead ...

The gory photograph of Arturo Beltran Leyva, one of Mexico’s most wanted kingpins, was among those widely published here during the last few days following his death in a shootout Wednesday with ...

On Dec. 16, his brother Arturo, reputed chief of the Beltrán Leyva Cartel, was killed in a shootout in Cuernavaca. Mexican officials in the past have described Carlos Beltrán Leyva as a key ...

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.

Valdez is similarly thought to have belonged to the Beltran Leyva cartel. The former leader of that group, Arturo Beltran Leyva, was killed in a shootout with Mexican officials last year.

Cuernavaca has become a battleground for control of the Beltran Leyva cartel since its leader, Arturo Beltran Leyva, was killed there in a December shootout with marines. Mexican authorities say ...

The criminal organization was led by Arturo Beltran Leyva, who died in a shootout with marines at a luxury condo in Cuernavaca, the capital of Morelos state, on Dec. 16, 2009. Two weeks after ...

Arturo Beltran Leyva, shot dead during a shootout with security forces, was one of Mexico's most wanted men, with a $2.3m reward on his head. Known as "the boss of bosses", he headed the cartel that ...

Culiacan - A severed human head and a flower were found in front of the tomb of deceased drug lord Arturo Beltran Leyva in northern Mexico. Prosecutors in Sinaloa state said on Sunday the man's ...