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Matamoros : Mexico | Nov 06, 2010 at 4:34 AM PDT
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25 Dead after Gun Battle in Matamoros

Could be, Mexican drug cartels feel their loss back a frontman. Yes, Ezequiel Cardenas Guillen is also the brother of the Gulf cartel leader Osiel Cardenas was extradited to the U.S. which in 2007 was killed by Mexican authorities apparatus.

Ezequiel aka Tony Tormenta dead in the city of Matamoros, which borders the city of Brownsville, Texas, United States. Ezequiel death process is characterized by the citizens Matamoros shootout for several hours.

Fishing operations on Friday, as news AP and AFP, which mellibatkan hundreds of Mexican soldiers led many residents are trapped in various buildings during the shooting occurred.

The bridge that connects Mexico and the United States was closed, when the military used heavy weaponry and explosives to cripple the cartel members.

According to a spokesman for the Federal Security Agency Mexico Alejandro Poire, shootout that also killed two members of the cartel and Mexico's two marines.

Ten years

Ezequiel Cardenas, 48, has long coveted in the United States on charges of drug crimes and National Anti Drugs Prohibited U.S. offered a reward of 5 million U.S. dollars, or almost USD 5 billion to Ezequiel. He was accused of smuggling tons of illegal drugs through the US-Mexico border for 10 years.

Until now police and the Mexican military is still trying to take over control of some parts of Mexico from the hands of drug cartels.

Some groups cartels trying to control drug smuggling route to the Land of Uncle Sam.

Since Mexican President Felipe Calderon declared war on drug cartels since 2006, this war has caused at least 28,000 people were killed.

This policy relative success in reducing the number of smuggling drugs. Unfortunately, the number of people killed, the number of kidnappings, torture, and sales people who also carried out drug cartels continue to rise.

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