Nazario Moreno Gonzalez killed by police

According to the Associated Press,  Nazario Moreno Gonzalez (the leader of La Familia) was gunned down by federal police on Thursday, in the city of Apatzingan in Michoacan. The fire fight started when cartel gunman attached federal officers in Apatzingan (Gonzalez's home town), and lasted for two days. In response to the fighting, members of La Familia used burnings cars as barricades and blocked off streets throughout Michoacan, including all of the entrances in Morelia, in order to prevent federal police from sending reinforcements.


Five officers and three civilians (including a 8-month-old baby and a teenage girl) were killed during the crossfire. The police recovered three bodies of suspected La Familia members, as well as detained three others. 


Gonzalez's body has not been found.


Despite that though, President Felipe Calderon made a statement confirming his death.


I personally sense something a bit fishy. In order to confirm that Gonzalez is actually dead, there must be a body. Interestingly, this whole affair comes only a month after Gonzalez was making public statements saying he was willing to end La Familia completely.