A convicted drug kingpin from the Netherlands – considered one of Europe’s most wanted criminals – has been killed in a gun battle in Mexico. Marco Ebben, 32, was shot dead in Atizapan de Zaragoza, a municipality 25km (15 miles) from Mexico City, authorities said on Friday.

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'Most wanted' Dutch drug trafficker gunned down in Mexico

Marco Ebben, 32, was shot on Thursday in Atizapan de Zaragoza, a municipality about 25 kilometers (15 miles) from the capital Mexico City.

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A Dutch drug trafficker who was one of Europe's most wanted criminals and once reportedly faked his own death has been murdered in Mexico, an official said Friday. Marco Ebben, 32, was shot on Thursday in Atizapan de Zaragoza, a municipality about 25 kilometers (15 miles) from the capital Mexico City. Experts confirmed Ebben's identity, an official at the state prosecutor's office told AFP, asking not to be named because they were not authorized…

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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

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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]
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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…

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Fugitive Marco Ebben was killed in a shoot out in a car park in Mexico. He had been sentenced to seven years behind bars in 2020 but faked his death to evade justice.

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Most wanted drugs kingpin shot dead after faking own death

MEXICO CITY, Feb 15 — A Dutch drug trafficker who was one of Europe’s most wanted criminals and once reportedly faked his own death has been murdered in Mexico, an official said Friday. Marco Ebben, 32, was shot on Thursday in Atizapan de Zaragoza, a municipality about 25 kilometers (15 miles) from the capital Mexico City. Experts confirmed Ebben’s identity, an official at the state prosecutor’s office told AFP, asking not to be named because th…

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Marco Ebben was one of Europe’s ‘most wanted fugitives’ for smuggling drugs from Brazil to the Netherlands.

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