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Mexico: A Cartel Leader's Death and Violence Ahead
Dec 17, 2009 | 19:02 GMT
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Summary
Beltran Leyva Organization leader Arturo Beltran Levya was killed in a government raid Dec. 16. His death represents a major victory for the government of Mexican President Felipe Calderon. Even so, Beltran Leyva's death will spark violence as his group retaliates and as Mexico's cartels jockey to fill the vacuum left by his death.
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