https://edition.cnn.com/2026/02/22/americas/mexico-kill-drug-mencho-latam-intlMexicoβs most-wanted drug leader killed in military operation as violent clashes erupt across country
Mexico City β Nemesio βEl Menchoβ Oseguera Cervantes, the powerful and long-pursued head of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and one of the worldβs most wanted traffickers, died following a Mexican military operation Sunday, handing the country a consequential victory as it looks to show tangible results to the Trump administration.
Oseguera, a former police officer, led the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, or CJNG, as it became one of the βmost powerful and ruthless criminal organizationsβ inside Mexico, according to the US Drug Enforcement Agency.
Violence erupted across Mexico after security forces from several federal branches of Mexicoβs military carried out the operation in the town of Tapalpa in the western state of Jalisco.
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