US EditionMexico fears more violence after army kills leader of powerful Jalisco cartel
El Mencho, leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, was killed after a raid that triggered violent retaliation including 250+ roadblocks across 20 states, officials said.
- On February 22, 2026, Mexican special forces killed Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as `El Mencho`, in Tapalpa, Jalisco, triggering widescale unrest with roadblocks and arson.
- El Mencho's role as a major fentanyl and drug trafficker meant he built the Jalisco New Generation Cartel into a transnational supplier, making him a top DEA target with a $15 million US bounty.
- The Defence Ministry said special forces planned and executed the Tapalpa operation, killing four CJNG members while seizing weapons and armoured vehicles, including rocket launchers, and detaining two suspects.
- The U.S. Department of State warned Americans to shelter in place while flights to Puerto Vallarta and Guadalajara were canceled, causing widespread disruption.
- Experts warned that `in the absence of a direct succession, a power vacuum is created that opens the door to violent realignments within the organization`, Mora told AFP.
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The death of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias “El Mencho”, marked the end of one of the most powerful and wanted criminal leaders in the world. Founder of the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel (CJNG), his figure concentrated for more than a decade the attention of the authorities of Mexico and the United States, which pointed to him as a key piece of international trafficking in cocaine, methamphetamine and fentanyl. Under his leadership, the CJN…
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