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Drug kingpin shot dead

Caracas: Colombia’s most wanted cocaine trafficker has been killed in a shootout at a remote ranch, officials said on Wednesday. Victor Manuel Mejia Munera, who was wanted by the U.S. with a $5-million bounty on his head, was gunned down in the north-western state of Antioquia on Tuesday. The authorities initially confused him with his twin brother Miguel Angel who is also wanted in the U.S. Fingerprints later revealed the correct identity. The twins led a gang which, from the 1990s, allegedly smuggled huge quantities of cocaine. — © Guardian Newspapers Limited, 2008

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