A man wanted by the U.S. on accusations of trafficking large amounts of fentanyl and cocaine was killed Sunday by Mexican military personnel during an anti-drug operation, officials said.

Pedro Inzunza Coronel, alias "Pichon," died during the operation in the northwestern state of Sinaloa.

Omar Garcia Harfuch, Mexico's security secretary, confirmed Coronel's death on social media.

"In an operation led by the Secretariat of the Navy... two operators of this criminal cell were detained and upon attacking the naval personnel, Pedro 'N' Pichon lost his life," Harfuch said.

In May, the U.S. Department of Justice charged Coronel , as well as his father, Pedro Inzunza Noriega, with narco-terrorism, drug trafficking and money laundering as leaders from a faction of a now-defunct cartel k

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