Four killed in Mexico trying to steal cartel leader's body
Police shot and killed four members of a drug cartel as they tried to steal body of a local boss.
Police shot and killed four suspected members of a drug cartel as they tried to steal the body of a local boss, officials said Saturday.
The suspects were shot in the eastern city of Veracruz while trying to recover the body of Angel Enrique Uscanga, leader of the ultra-violent Zetas cartel in another town, Cordoba.
Authorities have confirmed that Uscanga and five other suspects died in a police raid Thursday.
In October, Mexican authorities killed the overall leader of the Zetas, drug kingpin Heriberto Lazcano, in the northern state of Coahuila. But gunmen stole his body from a funeral home hours later.
