Reputed Gang Leader, Reporter, 4 Others Killed in Mexico

Five gunmen burst into a bar early Thursday and killed a reputed drug gang boss, a reporter and four other people in Mexico's Gulf coast state of Veracruz, authorities said. The Veracruz state prosecutors' office said the gunmen entered the bar and went directly for the victims, who included the local boss of the Zetas drug gang, identified as Jose Marquez Balderas. The office said some of the victims had weapons with them. The dead also included journalist Juan Santos...

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