US EditionReuters: For Mexico's security chief, El Mencho killing was personal
The killing of cartel boss El Mencho led by Mexico's security chief Omar Garcia Harfuch triggered violence killing 25 National Guard members, highlighting ongoing cartel conflicts.
- On March 5, Mexico's Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection, Omar Garcia Harfuch, led the operation that killed Nemesio Oseguera 'El Mencho', who died en route to a hospital on a military helicopter.
- After a 2020 assassination attempt that left him wounded, the hunt for El Mencho intensified when the Jalisco New Generation Cartel kidnapped two of Omar Garcia Harfuch’s investigators in Zapopan.
- Inside the security ministry complex, Harfuch maintains a one-bedroom apartment with a gym, kitchen, and 25-seat conference room where gunfire from an on-site range is audible, plus a red telephone direct to the president.
- The takedown produced immediate violence when El Mencho's death triggered a wave killing 25 National Guard members and two soldiers died during and after the raid.
- Authorities traced one of El Mencho's girlfriends to his villa and a new U.S.-military-led task force confirmed the location before Mexican troops raided after the girlfriend and children left, underscoring prisoner transfers and intelligence sharing that raised Omar Garcia Harfuch as an early presidential frontrunner.
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