Cartel leader’s romantic partner helped lead to deadly capture of “El Mencho” who was found hiding, officials say

Surveillance of a romantic partner helped put the Mexican armed forces on the trail of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, the notorious leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel known as “El Mencho,” who was captured and killed Sunday, Mexican authorities said Monday. Mexican Defense Secretary Gen. Ricardo Trevilla said that Sunday’s Mexican special forces operation, which … Read more

“El Mencho,” the notorious cartel leader killed in Mexico, had a violent history

He was known as “El Mencho” and was one of the most wanted men on the continent. The leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, whose full name was Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, was killed Sunday in a military operation in western Mexico. Violent clashes broke out following the operation that led to Oseguera Cervantes’ … Read more

Trump’s ‘total elimination’ strategy paved way for fall of cartel kingpin ‘El Mencho’

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Government documents reveal the fall of drug kingpin “El Mencho” over the weekend was the culmination of an aggressive, more than yearlong strategy of “total elimination” pursued by the Trump administration against the ruthless Jalisco New Generation cartel (CJNG), which is present in almost all 50 U.S. … Read more