Leader of Mexico Gulf drug cartel killed in shootout
A leader of Mexico's powerful Gulf drug cartel, Ezequiel Cardenas Guillen, also known as ``Tony Tormenta,'' was killed in a shootout with soldiers in northeastern Mexico, officials said.
The Mexican drug kingpin known as ``Tony Tormenta,'' a top leader of the powerful Gulf cartel, was killed Friday in a ferocious gun battle with military forces in the northern border state that had long been his tightly controlled home turf.