According to APF:
Arturo Beltran Leyva, head of one of Mexico’s top drug cartels, was killed along with four other cartel members in a battle with Mexican soldiers, the naval ministry said.
The so-called “godfather” of the “Beltran Leyva brothers” cartel was killed “during an intense battle between presumed members of his organization and military personnel from the Marine infantry in Cuernavaca, close to Mexico City, the ministry said in a statement.
The Beltran Leyva gang is presumed to be a dissident faction of the Sinaloa Cartel… while another dead mob boss isn’t a bad thing, this could also mean that Chapo Guzman is regaining control of the badly splintered narcotics export trade in western Mexico which would lead — at least — to less intergang violence. On the other hand, it may mean a power struggle for control of the Beltran Leyva gang, which would up the body count. In theory, splintered gangster bands are a good thing, meaning they’ll be busy bumping each other off, but it could get messy again.
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