Mexican military forces killed a cartel boss in the western state of Michoacan after a shootout. The clash comes as Mexican authorities have been cracking down on cartel operations in that western state after intensified pressure from the United States government.
On Saturday night, Mexico’s Army carried out a raid at a ranch near the town of Tocumbo, Michoacan, in an attempt to capture Luis Enrique “El Guicho” Barragan Chavez, a man who had inherited control of the Cartel De Los Reyes faction of Carteles Unidos, one of the groups previously designated as foreign terrorist organizations by the U.S. Government.
During that raid, El Guicho’s…
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