Marco Ebben, top of Europol's most wanted list, was killed in a car park shootout in Atizapan de Zaragoza, Mexico, nearly five years after he was sentenced over drugs trafficking charges
One of Europe's most wanted drug lords has been shot down in Mexico after five years fleeing justice.
The Dutch national was shot in Atizapan de Zaragoza, outside Mexico City, earlier this week, according to reports. The 32-year-old had been walking towards his armoured car when he was targeted, in what is understood to have been a planned hit by a rival gang. Graphic images have been circulated online appearing to show Ebben's body on the floor of a car park after he was shot. His death was confirmed by the state prosecutor's office. Ebben has for months been suspected of living in the country under a new identity after reports he faked his death in the city of Culiacan last October amidst a turf war between two factions of the organisation.
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