'Most wanted' Dutch drug trafficker gunned down in Mexico
- Marco Ebben, a Dutch drug trafficker, was murdered in Atizapan de Zaragoza, Mexico, as confirmed by an official at the state prosecutor's office.
- Ebben, 32, was listed as one of Europe's 'most wanted fugitives' by Europol and was sentenced in October 2020 to more than seven years for drug smuggling.
- Local media reported that Ebben had previously faked his death amid a turf war between factions of the Sinaloa Cartel.
- Between 2014 and 2015, Ebben and his accomplices allegedly smuggled 400 kilos of cocaine in containers filled with pineapples.
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Europe's 'most wanted' drug lord who once faked his death assassinated
Marco Ebben was found riddled with bullet wounds near Mexico City (Picture: Europol) Marco Ebben was one of Europe’s ‘most wanted’ men for smuggling drugs from Brazil to the Netherlands. That is until the Dutchman took his own life in October – or so authorities believed. To escape arrest, the 32-year-old faked his own death in the Mexican cartel stronghold of Culiacan. But it was on Thursday that his body was found in Atizapan de Zaragoza, a mu…


Europe's most wanted drug kingpin shot dead after faking death to avoid arrest
Marco Ebben, top of Europol's most wanted list, was killed in a car park shootout in Atizapan de Zaragoza, Mexico, nearly five years after he was sentenced over drugs trafficking charges


Wanted European drug kingpin killed after faking his own death to avoid arrest
ONE of Europe’s most wanted drug kingpins has been gunned down in Mexico after years of evading arrest. Marco Ebben, who once even faked his own death to avoid cops, was shot and killed just outside Mexico City this week. x/CronicaPolicialMarco Ebben, who once even faked his own death to avoid cops, was shot and killed just outside Mexico City this week[/caption] x/CronicaPolicialAn alleged image of Ebben’s body[/caption] EuropolThe 32-year-old …
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