Bloody reign of Juarez cartel boss ends with his death in gunfight with police

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BBC:

One of Mexico's most wanted men has been killed in a gun battle with police, officials say.

Luis Humberto Peralta Hernandez, 44, was a top figure in the Juarez cartel, which controls many of the drug smuggling routes from Mexico into the US, prosecutors said.

Also known as The Condor, he is accused of involvement in almost 100 murders.

He was killed in the northern city of Chihuahua on Tuesday, but officials only made his death public on Thursday.

Mr Peralta Hernandez had been carrying a false ID, which had delayed his identification, said the Chihuahua state prosecutors' office.

They also said that he had worked for the state prosecutors' office for nine years, during which time he is believed to have carried out most of the murders of which he was accused.

He was shot dead by federal police in a busy Chihuahua street. Three of his alleged accomplices were arrested and have been taken to the capital, Mexico City, for questioning.

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It will be interesting to see what effect, if any, this will have on the killings in Juarez. While most of them are related to the turf war over the routes into the US, some of the killings don't make much sense in that regard.

Mexico is knocking off the cartel bosses in recent months. The decapitations are probably altering the order of battle of the criminal insurgents.
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