US EditionMexican Army Kills 'El Mencho,' Leader of Jalisco Cartel
- In Tapalpa, Jalisco, the Mexican Defense Ministry announced that `El Mencho` was wounded during an operation Sunday and died while being air transported to Mexico City for treatment.
- Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, known as 'El Mencho,' led the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and faced U.S. charges with a $15 million reward for his arrest.
- Special forces launched an operation in Tapalpa, supported by air assets and intelligence, seizing armoured vehicles and rocket launchers, and arresting two suspects.
- Videos showed roadblocks and burning vehicles across at least eight states, while Jalisco Gov. Pablo Lemus Navarro urged roughly 8 million residents to stay home and suspend transport.
- Analysts called the killing one of the biggest blows to Mexico's cartels in more than a decade, the government said it effectively decapitates a powerful cartel amid Trump administration pressure, and U.S. intelligence helped amid chaos in Guadalajara, Mexico.
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Mexican drug lord killing aftermath: Cars, businesses set ablaze, highways blocked
Within hours of the killing of Mexican drug lord Nemesio Oseguera, better known as El Mencho, in a military raid on Sunday, gunmen suspected to be his supporters blocked highways across several states and set cars and businesses ablaze.
The Mexican Army Special Forces conducted an operation in Jalisco State, in which the leader of the country's largest drug cartel, the New Generation of Jalisco (CJNG), Nemesio Oségera Cervantes (known as El Mencho), reported to the Mexican Ministry of National Defence.
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El Mencho Killed: Mexican Forces Take Down CJNG Leader in Jalisco Raid
Mexican army kills Jalisco New Generation Cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes ('El Mencho') during capture attempt. Operation sparks road blockades, burning vehicles, airport panic and at least 14 deaths across multiple states. US provided intelligence support.
The leader of the Jalisco New Generation cartel, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias "El Mencho", was killed during a Mexican army operation. While Mexico City claims to have conducted the raid alone, several American officials recognize intelligence support.
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