US EditionJalisco Cartel Leader 'El Mencho' Buried in a Golden Casket in a Guadalajara Cemetery
El Mencho's body was received under tight security after a military operation killed him, with floral tributes reflecting his nickname and cartel ties, officials said.
- The body of Nemesio Rubén `El Mencho` Oseguera Cervantes was transported by road from Mexico City and arrived at the San Andrés funeral home at around 9:40 a.m., remaining for a wake before interment in Zapopan municipality on Monday.
- Mexican and U.S. intelligence located Oseguera at the Tapalpa Country Club, prompting the operation, Defense Minister Ricardo Trevilla Trejo said, and a Mexico City Civil Registry death certificate shows he died from gunshot wounds.
- Floral tributes at the San Andrés funeral home wake included a rooster-shaped arrangement and a red-rose display emblazoned with CJNG, reflecting Oseguera, 59, nicknamed El Señor de los Gallos.
- Family members received the body after genetic tests confirmed `blood ties`, authorities said on Saturday, amid a violent CJNG backlash that killed 25 National Guard members.
- Defense Minister Ricardo Trevilla Trejo noted heavy security during the March 2, 2026 service, with Army vehicles, elements of the National Guard, and state police present, observed at the site.
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Emilio, an Italian exchange student in Guadalajara, was beaten by funeral assistants from 'El Mencho' for taking photos.
The tense custody of the body of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias El Mencho, has passed to its final chapter. The remains of the leader of the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG), shot down by the Army a week ago in Tapalpa, have been escorted this Sunday from Mexico City to Guadalajara to be veiled and buried. A funeral procession crowned with white flowers has traveled the streets of the capital under the watchful surveillance of the polic…
The funeral of 'El Mencho', leader of the CJNG, was held this Monday in the Pantheon Recinto de La Paz, in Zapopan, Jalisco.
Funeral for El Mencho draws heavy security as CJNG leader is laid to rest in Zapopan
The body of Nemesio Rubén "El Mencho" Oseguera Cervantes arrived in Guadalajara on Sunday for burial, one week after the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) was fatally wounded in a military operation in Tapalpa, Jalisco.
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