MEXICO CITY – Gunmen have killed the family of a Mexican marine who died during a raid that took down powerful drug kingpin Arturo Beltran Leyva.
Police say the attack happened shortly before midnight Monday at the home of fallen marine Melquisedet Angulo — just hours after the military honored him as a national hero during a memorial service.
A federal government official tells The Associated Press that the dead include Angulo's mother, two siblings and an aunt. An unidentified woman is being treated at a hospital. The family was attacked at their home in the Gulf coast state of Tabasco, where the Beltran Leyva cartel has a strong presence. The official cannot be named under departmental rules.
Angulo and Beltran Leyva were both killed during a shootout last week between marines and the cartel.