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Documents reveal the fall of “El Mencho" was the culmination of an aggressive “total elimination" strategy pursued by the U.S. against the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG).
Mexican officials said that about 80% of the recovered weapons in crime scenes were purchased in the United States and smuggled across the border.
Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes was a feared Mexican drug lord and the leader of a ruthless cartel accused of masterminding efforts to push fentanyl into the United States.
Authorities deploy 10,000 soldiers nationwide to quell violence following the drug lord’s killing in an operation.
A clandestine romantic meeting wasn't as secret as fentanyl kingpin "El Mencho" believed, leading to a fierce gunfight and the end of a narco-era.
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Who was El Mencho? What drug lord’s killing means for Mexico
US-backed operation that killed El Mencho sparks a wave of violence across the country.
Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, known as "El Mencho," was the leader of the notorious Jalisco New Generation Cartel prior to his death on Sunday.
El Mencho's Jalisco New Generation Cartel has been one of the most significant suppliers of fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine into the United States.
The killing of Nemesio Ruben Oseguera Cervantes, the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion, or CJNG), has triggered a wave of violence across several Mexican states, including Jalisco. Cervantes, better known as “El Mencho”, was killed in an operation by Mexico’s army on Sunday.
The Mexican army killed the country’s most powerful cartel leader and one of the United States’ most wanted fugitives.
The leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel was killed as part of a security operation in Jalisco on Feb. 22.