MEXICO CITY – Mexican authorities say an alleged regional leader of the Beltran Leyva drug cartel has been killed in a shootout with federal forces. The Interior Department says via Twitter that ...

A regional leader of the Beltran Leyva drug cartel and seven other members of that criminal organization were killed in a shootout with federal forces, Mexican authorities said Friday.

Hoy en un enfrentamiento entre delincuentes y Fuerzas Federales fue abatido Juan Francisco N. con 7 cómplices más. — SEMAR México (@SEMAR_mx) 10 de febrero de 2017 Patrón was the leader of the ...

Patron Sanchez, also known as “H-3,” took over after his brother, Juan Francisco Patron Sanchez, or “H-2,” was killed in 2017 when Mexican marines blew apart the cartel’s headquarters ...

A Mexican military helicopter gunship fired on the alleged hideout of a drug kingpin in one of a pair of raids that left 12 suspects dead, including the cartel capo, Mexican authorities said Friday.

Eight suspects were killed in the raid, authorities said, including the suspected gang leader, identified as Juan Francisco Patron Sanchez, known as H2.

State police guard the area after a gun battle with Mexican Marines in which a suspect identified by authorities as the leader of the Beltran Leyva cartel, Juan Francisco Patron Sanchez and ...

A Mexican military helicopter gunship fired on the alleged hideout of a drug kingpin in one of a pair of raids that left 12 suspects dead, including the cartel capo, Mexican authorities said Friday… ...

The federal Interior Department said via Twitter that Juan Francisco Patron Sanchez headed the cartel's operations in the Pacific coast state of Nayarit and in the southern part of Jalisco state.

An alleged regional leader of the Beltran Leyva drug cartel and 11 accomplices have been killed in clashes with Mexican marines who poured gunfire into a house from a helicopter-mounted machine gun.

An alleged regional leader of the Beltran Leyva drug cartel and 11 accomplices have been killed in clashes with Mexican marines who poured gunfire into a house from a helicopter-mounted machine gun.