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Top Mexican drug lord killed in clash with army (AP)

July 29th, 2010

Soldiers guard a street in the area where Mexican drug cartel leader Ignacio Coronel Villareal, aka Nacho Coronel was allegedly killed during an army raid in Zapopan, near Guadalajara, Mexico, Thursday July 29, 2010. Coronel is considered number three in the organization of fugitive Mexican drug lord Joaquin Chapo Guzman. (AP Photo/Claudio Cruz)AP - One of the top three leaders of Mexico’s most powerful drug cartel, Ignacio “Nacho” Coronel,” was killed Thursday in a gunbattle with soldiers, the Mexican army announced.


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