A Mexican drug lord said to have been killed more than three years ago was shot dead in a clash with authorities, officials said.A man who died in a shootout in western Michoacan state on Sunday “has been identified as Nazario Moreno,” also known as “El Chayo,” a government official said ahead of a press conference set to take place at 7 pm.
The previous Mexican government reported that Moreno, a leader of the la Familia cartel, was killed in December 2010. But his body was never located and reported sightings fueled speculation he was alive. “All signs point to this being ‘El Chayo,’” a Government official had said earlier on condition of anonymity about the suspect killed on Sunday.