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Marcos Arturo Beltrán Leyva (September 27, 1961 – December 16, 2009) was a Mexican drug lord who, alongside his brothers, founded and led the Beltrán-Leyva Cartel. [3] Prior to founding his own organization, Beltran-Leyva was a longtime high-ranking member of the Sinaloa Cartel. His organization was responsible for cocaine, marijuana ...
Arturo Beltrán Leyva was killed during the battle, and six of his gunmen were arrested. [1] Córdova was 30 at the time of his death. [3] Córdova was honored as a Mexican hero during his funeral on December 21, 2009, in his home state of Tabasco. He received the highest military honors offered by the country, and was ushered to his grave by ...
The Beltrán Leyva Organization (BLO), also known as the Beltrán Leyva Cartel [2] (Spanish: Cártel de los Beltrán Leyva, [3] pronounced [ˈkaɾtel ðe los βelˈtɾan ˈlejβa], CBL), [4] was a Mexican drug cartel and organized crime syndicate, formerly headed by the five Beltrán Leyva brothers: Marcos Arturo, Carlos, Alfredo, Mario Alberto, and Héctor.
December 16 – Mexican drug lord Arturo Beltrán Leyva, leader of the Beltrán-Leyva Cartel, is killed by personnel of the Mexican Navy during a shootout in Cuernavaca, Morelos. [22] December 21 – Mexico City's Legislative Assembly legalizes same-sex marriage and LGBT adoption. [23]
In December 2009, a drug cartel lord of the Beltrán-Leyva Organization, Arturo Beltrán Leyva was shot and killed by the Mexican Marines, splintering the Beltrán-Leyva Organization into smaller operations. [2] Guerreros Unidos was founded in 2010 as two factions from La Familia Michoacana merged an alliance with different cartels.
After the death of Arturo Beltrán Leyva they went independent. On December 27, 2012, the group announced that they had stopped operating independently and that now they are part of the "honorable" Gulf Cartel. [4]
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Years later, when the Beltran Leyva brothers broke away from Guzman, Coronel stood firmly with the Sinaloa cartel. Coronel was responsible for moving multi-ton quantities of cocaine via fishing vessels from Colombia to Mexico and on to the United States states of Texas and Arizona during the early 2000s.