Mexican drug don killed

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MEXICO CITY, Dec 17 (AP): One of the most wanted figures in the drug war was killed in a shootout with the Mexican navy Wednesday, an official said.
Arturo Beltran Leyva and three members of his drug cartel died in the gunbattle in a gated, upscale apartment complex in Cuernavaca, just south of Mexico City. A fifth suspect committed suicide during the shootout, said the official, who under navy rules could not give his name.
One sailor was injured, he said.
Beltran Levya, known as the "boss of bosses," was one of four brothers who split from the Sinaloa cartel several years ago and aligned themselves with Los Zetas, a group of former soldiers hired by the Gulf Cartel as hit men.
The navy official said more than 200 sailors raided the apartment complex as part of a crackdown on the Beltran Leyva cartel in central Mexico. The raid sparked a gunbattle that lasted nearly two hours.
The raid followed another on a party Friday in the nearby town of Tepoztlan, in which sailors detained Ramon Ayala, a Texas-based norteno singer, and 11 alleged Beltran Leyva members.
Meanwhile, six heads of police officers were found in plastic bags in northern Mexico, while their bodies were still missing, a justice official said Wednesday, according to AFP.
The gruesome discovery came amid a police and military clampdown on violent drug gangs blamed for the deaths of more than 14,000 people across Mexico in the past three years.