Mexican Billionaire Drug Lord Loses Ally in Shootout
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Mexican military personnel killed a leader in billionaire Joaquin “Chapo” Guzman’s drug trafficking cartel, signaling the biggest win for President Felipe Calderon in his four-year-old war on organized crime.
The army shot dead Ignacio “Nacho” Coronel yesterday during an operation in the western state of Jalisco, Defense Ministry official Edgar Luis Villegas told reporters in Mexico City. Coronel controlled the so-called Pacific Route for Guzman’s Sinaloa Cartel, which sends cocaine to U.S. markets.