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 ...

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 ...

during a lightning raid at a restaurant Wednesday, the latest in a string of high-profile drug arrests in the country. Officials said the purported head of the Beltran Leyva drug gang was captured ...

Mexican authorities have said Beltran Leyva, 49, assumed leadership of the family's cartel after his brother Arturo was killed by troops in a gunbattle in late 2009. Two other brothers are behind ...

and both allied with and later rivaled the Sinaloa cartel, still considered Mexico’s most important. The organization suffered a stinging setback when senior brother Arturo Beltran Leyva was ...

Mexican authorities say Hector Beltran Leyva, 49, assumed leadership of the Beltran Leyva cartel after his brother Arturo was killed by Mexican troops in a shootout in late 2009. Two other ...

drained by a feud with former allies with the Sinaloa cartel and weakened further by internal fighting after Mexican commandos killed its leader, Arturo Beltran Leyva, in December. Remnants of the ...

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 ...

The Mexican government had listed Arturo Beltran Leyva as one its ... U.S. officials say the Beltran Leyva Cartel has carried out heinous killings, including numerous beheadings.

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.