Nemesio Oseguera, ‘El Mencho,’ the most wanted drug trafficker, is killed in a security operation

The Mexican military killed Rubén Nemesio Oseguera, alias “El Mencho,” the most wanted and dangerous drug trafficker in the world, this weekend in the state of Jalisco, in central Mexico, according to official sources who confirmed the information to EL PAÍS. The leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), the country’s most significant criminal group, Oseguera headed a criminal enterprise with countless tentacles — more powerful than any other, violent and aggressive in its business practices, and primarily linked to drug trafficking. Although authorities have not yet provided many details, El Mencho was brought down in an operation in the mountains of Jalisco, where he had operated freely for decades, protected by his criminal ranks.

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