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Cartel violence engulfs Mexico after military kills El Mencho

Ellsworth Toohey
Feb 23, 2026
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Mexican special forces killed Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes — the cartel boss known as “El Mencho” — on Saturday in a firefight in Tapalpa, Jalisco. He was 59. The US had put a $15 million bounty on his head.

El Mencho ran the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), which the FBI considers Mexico’s most powerful drug trafficking organization. A former p…

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