Drug Cartel Leader Killed in Shootout

Mexican authorities confirmed one of the alleged leaders of the drug cartel Beltran Leyva is dead after a shootout with police overnight. The incident happened in Nayarit between cartel members, Mexican marines and police officers. Juan Francisco Patron Sanchez, the head of the criminal cartel was killed along with seven other people. The cartel had partnered with the Sinaloa cartel.