US EditionQ&A: Why the Fall of Mexico's Most Wanted Kingpin Matters
The raid followed military intelligence aided by the US Northern Command and led to a nationwide deployment of 10,000 troops amid violent cartel retaliation.
- On Feb 22, Mexican forces raided a ranch in Tapalpa to capture Nemesio Oseguera, wounded him and two escorts who later died en route to Guadalajara, Trevilla said.
- Mexican military intelligence, backed by the US Northern Command, tracked a girlfriend of Nemesio Oseguera who planned to meet him in Tapalpa, prompting the operation.
- Trevilla said gunmen managed to hit a military helicopter, forcing an emergency landing, while authorities recovered assault weapons, two rocket launchers, and nearly $1.4 million on Oseguera.
- In the aftermath, the killing prompted reprisals across about 20 out of Mexico's 32 states with hundreds of roadblocks and torchings, while the government deployed around 10,000 soldiers amid isolated blockades in Jalisco and Michoacan.
- Bodies were flown to Mexico City and turned over to the General Prosecutor's Office, while it remains unclear where Nemesio Oseguera 'El Mencho' will be buried; the US State Department reward poster highlights his notoriety.
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The key to taking down Mexico’s most-wanted narco? His girlfriend
A girlfriend of Nemesio Oseguera, the powerful leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel who was killed by the Mexican military, was key to finding him in Tapalpa, a picturesque village of vacation homes in western Mexico. The 59-year-old Oseguera, nicknamed "El Mencho," was wounded in a clash with soldiers on Sunday and died while
The leader of the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias El Mencho, was located thanks to one of his sentimental partners, Guadalupe Moreno Carrillo, as Mexico’s defense secretary, General Ricardo Trevilla, explained on Monday. Mexican intelligence agencies and the U.S. DEA tracked the woman to a cabin complex in Tapalpa (Jalisco), where she met with elnarcotraficente. Military intelligence located her on February 14,…
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The key to taking down Mexico's most-wanted narco? His girlfriend
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