Top drug lord killed in gunbattle with soldiers in major blow to Mexico's most powerful cartel
The Mexican army has announced that one of the top three leaders of Mexico's most powerful drug cartel, Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel, was killed in a gunbattle with soldiers
Mexico City: The Mexican army has announced that one of the top three leaders of Mexico's most powerful drug cartel, Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel, was killed in a gunbattle with soldiers.
The death of Coronel on Thursday is the biggest strike yet against Sinaloa cartel led by Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman - Mexico's top drug lord - since President Felipe Calderon launched a military offensive against drug traffickers in late 2006.
The US Drug Enforcement Administration called Coronel's death "a crippling blow" to the Sinaloa cartel.
According to the FBI, which offered a $5 million reward for Coronel, he was believed to be "the forerunner in producing massive amounts of methamphetamine in clandestine laboratories in Mexico, then smuggling it into the US."
