Top Mexico drug lord killed

Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel has been killed in a raid by state security forces 

A News and Images desk 

July 30: A top Mexican drug trafficker has been killed in a raid by state security forces, defense department officials have said. 

Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel was reportedly killed on Thursday while resisting arrest in the wealthy town of Zapopan in central Mexico.

Speaking to reporters in the capital Mexico City, Edgar Luis Villegas, the deputy defense minister, said an army raid was closing in on one of Coronel's safe houses when the drug lord opened fire on soldiers. 

Source: Internet/az/1155 hrs
 

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