Drugs baron ‘killed’ three years ago finally dies in gun fight with authorities

A Mexican drug lord nicknamed ‘The Craziest One’ and said to have been killed over three years ago has been shot dead in a clash with authorities.

A man who died in a shootout on Sunday in western Michoacan state “has been identified as Nazario Moreno,” a government official said.

National Public Safety chief Monte Alejandro Rubido told a briefing that military staff tried to apprehend Moreno — also known as El Chayo — but when he resisted, they responded by “killing the alleged criminal on the spot” near Tumbiscatio.