MEXICO CITY — The capture of a reputed kingpin after the death of his brother has knocked out most of a brutal drug-trafficking dynasty after a Mexican crackdown on corruption stripped the Beltran ...

In a dramatic two-hour gun battle, Mexican troops shot dead one of the nation's most powerful drug kingpins, Arturo Beltran Leyva. This is the biggest victory yet in President Felipe Calderon's war on ...

The death of Beltran Leyva is a boost for Felipe Calderon, the Mexican president, who launched a war against drug cartels after coming into office in 2006. “This is a victory for Calderon in the short ...

Two hundred Mexican Navy marines stormed an upscale apartment complex and killed a reputed drug cartel chief in a two-hour gunbattle, one of the biggest victories yet in President Felipe Calderon's ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican police said Wednesday they have captured a man identified as the second highest-ranking figure in the once-powerful Beltran Leyva drug cartel. The head of Mexico’s federal ...