The roar of machine guns and the drone of helicopters shattered the calm of Tapalpa, a picturesque town in western Mexico, on Sunday as the military launched a high-stakes operation against Nemesio Oseguera, the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) leader known as El Mencho. The Operation Tourists at a…
Mexican special forces have killed Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, widely known as “El Mencho”, leader of the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG). His death on Sunday, February 22, 2026, sparked a wave of retaliatory violence that left 25 National Guard members dead across six separate incidents, authorities confirmed Monday. Operation…
The Mexican army announced Sunday that it had killed powerful drug lord Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera, leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), in an operation that triggered a wave of retaliatory violence across the country. The Operation Oseguera, 59, was wounded during a clash with soldiers in Tapalpa,…
