Sinaloa Cartel's 'Crystal King' Ignacio Coronel Killed in Zapopan

Mexican Army forces kill Ignacio 'Nacho' Coronel Villarreal, a senior Sinaloa Cartel leader known as the 'Crystal King' for his methamphetamine trafficking networks, in a confrontation at a private residence in Zapopan, Jalisco. Coronel's death removes a major trafficker but triggers a succession struggle within Sinaloa's Jalisco plaza that eventually spawns the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG).