MEXICO: In Bloody Border Battle, Notorious Narco Terrorist Chief "Tony Tormenta" Killed.

AP/ M.HERALD /
     One of the head honchos of the Gulf drug gang, Antonio Ezequiel Cardenas Guillen, 48, aka "Tony Tormenta," was killed along with 4 gunmen after 2 hours of ferocious fighting with the military in the streets of the border city of Matamoros. The firefight started at 11 a.m. in an upscale residential area with an operation that included 150 marines, three helicopters and 17 military vehicles, the result of more than six months of intelligence work.

      Antonio Ezequiel Cardenas Guillen was reputed to have tortured and beheaded victims and had a $5-million reward for his capture by the U.S.

   Three special force members and a soldier were killed and a Mexican reporter died in the crossfire.