(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/121010-zeta-funeral-parlor-hlarge-820a.photoblog600.jpg)ReutersA building housing the funeral parlor, from which local media reported the dead body of the leader of the brutal Zetas drug gang Heriberto Lazcano had been snatched by armed men, is seen in Sabinas, Oct. 9, 2012. Mexico says it has killed Lazcano, the most powerful kingpin to fall in a six-year battle against cartels, but in a surreal twist his body was snatched from a funeral home by armed men. By ReutersMEXICO CITY - Heriberto Lazcano, the slain boss of the Zetas drug cartel, was once an elite special forces soldier before switching sides to join the criminals he was charged to fight, eventually becoming one of Mexico's most feared and brutal kingpins.
Known as "The Executioner" and "Z-3," Lazcano was killed on Sunday in a gun battle with Marines in northern Coahuila state (http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/09/14308864-mexican-official-body-of-slain-zetas-drug-lord-stolen?lite#), Mexico's Navy said. If confirmed, it would be the biggest coup yet for outgoing President Felipe Calderon in his war on drug cartels.
In a bizarre twist, however, Lazcano's body was snatched by armed men from a funeral home just hours later, shrouding the incident in mystery. While Calderon said "all available evidence" indicated the cartel chief had been killed, including finger prints, he did not say he knew for sure that Lazcano was dead.
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Conspiracies, trying to cover up the true identity of the person killed.