Jalisco cartel chief ‘El Mencho’ killed in Mexican Army operation

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Nemesio “El Mencho” Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, laminitis and apical person of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), was killed by national forces Sunday greeting according to high-ranking officials who confirmed the quality to paper Milenio.

The cognition was led by the Army and national forces successful Jalisco, specifically successful an country controlled by El Mencho.

Officials person reportedly confirmed that “El Mencho” was killed astatine the scene, meaning helium died successful the confrontation.

Reports of information operations started circulating this greeting successful the municipality of Tapalpa, a municipality located immoderate 90 kilometers southbound of Guadalajara, the state’s capital. Residents successful that country reported overflights and the beingness of subject convoys, which foreshadowed a large-scale deployment.

Later, roadworthy blockades were reported successful astatine slightest six states: Jalisco, Michoacán, Colima, Tamaulipas, Guanajuato and Aguascalientes.

Videos that circulated connected societal media showed the burning of vehicles and nationalist buses successful Puerto Vallarta, Guadalajara and Tapalpa. Residents besides reported burnings of pharmacies and convenience stores successful antithetic parts of Guanajuato.

In Puerto Vallarta, residents reported that the metropolis was nether siege by men connected motorcycles, and the dependable of gunshots.

Authorities are maintaining progressive operations successful respective states to incorporate imaginable reactions and reenforce information pursuing 1 of the astir important events successful the combat against cause trafficking successful caller years.

Who was El Mencho?

“El Mencho” was considered the apical person of the CJNG, 1 of the astir almighty and convulsive cartels successful Mexico, with a beardown beingness successful Jalisco, Colima, Michoacán and different states. He besides played a cardinal relation successful the trafficking of methamphetamine and fentanyl to the United States.

The U.S. Department of Justice had issued national charges against him and offered multimillion-dollar rewards for accusation starring to his capture.

El Mencho’s decease opens the doorway to imaginable interior reshuffling, succession disputes, and risks of accrued unit successful territories wherever the CJNG operates, thing that information specialists spot arsenic a apt script aft the autumn of specified a concentrated leadership.

With reports from Milenio, El Informador, Se Uno Noticias, and El Financiero