US EditionInside the Mexican Country Villa that Became 'El Mencho's' Final Refuge
- On Monday, reporters from Milenio and El Universal gained access to the Tapalpa Country Club home a day after the CJNG chief was fatally wounded, with photos posted on February 24, 2026 showing an altar and handwritten bible parts.
- Authorities say the raid on Sunday forced Nemesio 'El Mencho' Oseguera and his security detail to flee into nearby woods, where he was fatally wounded during the operation, officials reported.
- Reporters recorded religious items and a handwritten Psalm 91 dated Jan. 25 alongside medications including Tationil Plus and glutathione-based treatments for kidney disease.
- The picturesque pueblo mágico of Tapalpa is grappling with the raid's aftermath as at least 100 burnt-out vehicles and active narco-blockades hinder access while residents face empty streets and closed businesses.
- A resident of Tapalpa Country Club estate recalled hearing gunfire at 7:20 a.m. Sunday lasting 45 minutes while a helicopter also fired shots, and National Defense Minister Ricardo Trevilla Trejo said CJNG members shot a military helicopter forcing an emergency landing at Sayula.
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Inside Mexican Country Villa That Became El Mencho's Final Refuge
The two-storey residence at No. 39 with stone walls and a red-tiled roof served as a discreet hideout for El Mencho, the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), who died on Sunday after a military ambush in the woods behind the home.
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The Independent (US)Messy kitchen, painkillers and Catholic figurines: Inside El Mencho’s last refuge
The two-story residence served as a discreet hideout for the cartel boss in the hills of Jalisco
The exclusive residential domain Tapalpa Country Club was the last refugee of the drug dealer Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, El Mencho, where he used to relax and hide strategically. At the residence of number 39, built in brick, cloth and wood, members of the Army and the National Guard located him after he met a woman in the middle of a land and air operation to capture him, according to the version of the federal authorities.
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