Mexico says Zetas cartel boss killed
Mexico says Zetas cartel boss killed Fingerprints said to match records taken from Heriberto Lazcano before the body is snatched from the funeral home. Mexico says the leader of the feared Zetas drug cartel has been been killed in a firefight with soldiers in the northern Mexican border state of Coahuila. But hours after the announcement on Tuesday, a group of armed men raided the funeral home where Heriberto Lazcano’s body was lying and snatched the corpse, officials said. “A masked, armed group overpowered the personnel, took the bodies and forced the owner of the funeral home to drive the get-away vehicle,” Homero Ramos, Coahuila’s state prosecutor, told a news conference. The navy said fingerprints taken from the body before the corpse was taken away have matched the records of Lazcano, known as El Lazca, confirming his death. WATCH THE FULL VIDEO HERE Al Jazeera’s Adam Raney, reporting from Mexico City, said it appeared the government may have been “embarrassed” by the loss ...