Topic: Alfredo Beltran Leyva
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Latin America Monitor
How the Zetas drug gang took MonterreyThe Zetas have many sides, but how and why the gang settled in Monterrey explains a lot about who they are and how they operate.
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Latin America Monitor
Thousands flee Mexico's epicenter of marijuana and poppy productionA Mexican human rights NGO says close to 25,000 people have been displaced from Sinaloa state due to fighting between drug cartels over the past several months, according to InSight Crime.
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Arturo Beltran Leyva: Mexico's top drug boss killed
In a raid Wednesday, Mexico police shot Arturo Beltran Leyva, the "boss of bosses," the top drug lord in the country. Beltran is the highest ranking figure taken down since President Felipe Calderon took office in 2006.
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Mexico, U.S. step up drug-war cooperation
A top operative of Mexico's infamous Sinaloa cartel was arrested Monday.
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