US EditionU.S. intel helped Mexico in raid that killed drug lord "El Mencho," White House says
U.S. intelligence aided a Mexican military-led raid that killed CJNG leader El Mencho, a top fentanyl trafficker, with a $15 million U.S. bounty on him, officials said.
- On Sunday, Mexican military killed Nemesio `El Mencho` Oseguera Cervantes in Tapalpa, Jalisco, and White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt confirmed U.S. intelligence supported the operation.
- `El Mencho` commanded the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and was a major fentanyl supplier with a $15 million U.S. bounty; President Donald Trump designated CJNG a terrorist group last year.
- U.S. officials say the Joint Interagency Task Force-Counter Cartel , launched last month, compiled a detailed target dossier from U.S. law enforcement and intelligence agencies and shared it with Mexican authorities.
- The operation triggered immediate violence across more than half a dozen states, leaving three cartel members killed, three wounded, two arrested, and prompting U.S. Embassy travel warnings and Mexican National Guard mobilization.
- Legal and policy questions accompany the expanded military measures, as the U.S. partner's support is part of a broader strategy facing legal scrutiny from critics.
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CJNG Leader El Mencho Killed in Mexican Special Forces Raid
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US-assisted operation takes out Mexico's most-wanted drug lord, El Mencho. But no one was ready for the consequences
Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, widely known as “El Mencho” and Mexico‘s most-wanted drug lord, has been killed by Mexican security forces. The operation took place on Sunday, with the US providing key intelligence support. El Mencho was the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, also known as CJNG, which the US has designated as a terrorist organization. He had been a fugitive since 2017 and faced multiple serious charges from the US De…
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Violence Erupts in Mexico as U.S. Helps in Killing of Cartel Leader
Violence broke out in parts of Mexico on Sunday after government security forces killed Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, or “El Mencho,” the country’s most wanted drug kingpin—with “intelligence support” from the United States. El Mencho was killed in a shootout with security forces in Jalisco. As founder of Cartel Nueva Generacion Jalisco (CJNG), he was most active in fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine trafficking and put out hits on…
The United States collaborated in the operation against El Mencho through an intelligence group
Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias El Mencho, leader of the Jalisco Cartel - New Generation (CJNG), was one of the most important and wanted drug traffickers in the world, and was k
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