El Mencho, Mexico's Cartel Kingpin, Killed by Security Forces
TL;DR
Mexico’s most powerful drug lord Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as El Mencho, was killed by Mexican security forces in a military operation in Guadalajara, a major blow to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel that operators say could reshape how the drug war unfolds amid ongoing U.S. pressure to crack down on trafficking.
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