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El Mencho’s mountain hideout falls to Mexican forces, sparking cartel retaliation
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Mexico’s Defense Ministry says Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, “El Mencho” and founder of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, was fatally wounded in a Tapalpa operation and died en route to Mexico City for treatment. Officials call it a major blow to a powerful cartel, triggering violence, roadblocks, and arson across western Mexico. The United States had offered up to $15 million for information, but Mexican officials say there was no direct U.S. ground involvement in the operation.