Mexico says drug lord taken down by accident

Mexico City : Mexico | Oct 10, 2012 at 8:37 AM PDT

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The Mexican navy says a team of marines had no idea that they had killed the leader of the country's most-feared drug cartel in a gunfight that erupted when they tried to search a group of suspicious men outside a baseball stadium. Rear Admiral Jose Luis Vergara is the chief navy spokesman and he said in... FULL ARTICLE AT USA Today

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