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Mexico drug gang suspect and wife shot dead at hospital near Cancn beaches
Alfonso Contreras Espinoza believed to be major figure in Gulf cartel
Incident follows bombing of nearby ferry last month
Associated Press in Mexico City
Mon 5 Mar 2018 13.07 EST
Four gunmen burst into a hospital in the Mexican resort of Cancún and shot to death a drug gang suspect and his wife, according to officials in the Caribbean coast state of Quintana Roo.
The suspected drug trafficker was Alfonso Contreras Espinoza, alias “El Poncho”, according to a state official who was not authorized to be quoted by name.
Contreras Espinoza was arrested in July on weapons charges, but had been allowed out of a local prison under guard for treatment at a hospital for leg problems. He was believed to head the Cancún operations of the Gulf drug cartel.
The hyper-violent Jalisco New Generation cartel has been moving into the resort city over the last year, pushing out other gangs.
More:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/05/mexico-cancun-hospital-shooting
