Key Mexican trafficker killed
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Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel, a major Mexican drug trafficker, was killed during an army operation, the government confirmed.
The operation is considered a coup for President Felipe Calderon's war on drugs.
Edgar Luis Villegas, a senior army official, told a news conference in Mexico City that Coronel, wanted in the United States for drug trafficking, was killed during a raid in the western state of Jalisco.
- Reuters
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