The convicted official said a convicted person with the Netherlands, who was one of the most searched criminals in Europe, was killed, an official said on Friday.
32 -year -old Mark Ebben was shot dead on Thursday in the municipality of the Atypan -De -Garaz, approximately 15 miles from the capital of Mexico.
Experts confirmed the identity of Ebben, an official of the State Prosecutor's Office told AFP, asking not to be named because they had no right to talk about the case.
Ebben, who once forged his death, is listed on the “most desirable refugee” law enforcement agencies for drug smuggling from Brazil to the Netherlands.
Web -Sight Europe He says he was sentenced in October 2020 to more than seven years in prison. He managed to avoid arrest because the verdict was handed down.
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Between 2014 and 2015, Ebben and his accomplices allegedly smuggled 400 kilograms, or more than 880 pounds, cocaine in containers filled with pineapple, Europol reports.
To avoid arrest, Ebben is reported Cartel Sinaloa.
According to local media, Ebben was accused of linking one of the groups, but no evidence of his death at the time was except for a statement allegedly claiming that she had recognized the body.
Violence in Synaloa followed the unexpected arrest on the American soil of Cartel Co -founder Ismail “El My” Zombada At the end of July, it is believed to have unleashed an internal struggle for power.
Mexican authorities said on Friday they arrested a suspect for drug dealerships, operating in the northern state of Chihuahua, which was searched in the United States.
Local media identified Hum as Humberto Rivera, aka “El Chato”, “El Don” or “El Viejon”.