Nazario Moreno, known as El Mas Loco - The Craziest One - was the founder¹ of the La Familia cartel and regarded as the spiritual leader of its offshoot, the brutal² Knights³ Templar.

 

His death was first announced after a 2010 shootout（枪战）, but no body was found and he was reportedly seen alive since.

 

Police said he was finally tracked down and shot dead in Michoacan state. 

 

"From a fingerprint⁴ analysis we have confirmed 100% that this was Nazario Moreno Gonzalez," said Tomas Zeron, the head of investigations⁵ at the federal prosecutor's office.

 

 

Government security spokesman Alejandro Rubido said security officials had been tracking Moreno for some time.

 

"Anonymous⁶ tips indicated that Nazario Moreno was not only living, but continued operating at the head of a criminal group conducting extortion（勒索）, kidnapping and other crimes," he said at a news briefing in Mexico City.

 

"This person was known as dangerous," he said, with police believing he had committed multiple murders since his reported death.

 

Mr Rubido said Moreno was stopped by police on Sunday morning in the village of Tumbiscatio in Michoacan state.

 

"When he was asked to turn himself in, he opened fire and was killed," he said.

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