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Drug War Killing: Marine Hero’s Family Killed in Mexico

HeadlineDec 23, 2009

In Mexico, suspected drug gang hitmen have shot dead the grieving mother, brother and sister of an elite Mexican marine who died last week after taking part in a raid that killed top drug lord, Arturo Beltran Leyva, one of the most wanted drug lords in Mexico and the United States. The marine, Melquisedet Angulo was lauded as a hero by the Mexican government, but this made his family an identifiable target. Hours after Angulo was honored at a memorial service on Monday, gunmen burst into the family’s home killing four of his relatives.

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