Al-Qaida cleric killed by US was born in Las Cruces
An al-Qaida cleric killed Friday by US counterterrorism forces was born in Las Cruces.
The American-born radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, a major al Qaeda figure who US officials say inspired several terror plots against the US, was killed overnight in Yemen in a CIA drone strike, US and Yemeni officials told ABC News.