Mexico’s most wanted drug lord ‘El Mencho’ killed in army operation
Mexican soldiers have killed Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, alias El Mencho, the country’s most wanted drug lord and leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), during a military operation in Jalisco state. Authorities say he was fatally wounded in a pre dawn assault in the mountain town of Tapalpa and died while being airlifted to Mexico City for treatment. The defence ministry said troops came under heavy fire as they moved in to capture him, leaving several cartel gunmen dead and at least three soldiers injured. Armoured vehicles, rocket launchers and high powered rifles were seized, along with other military grade weapons. El Mencho, believed to be 59, had a US State Department bounty of up to 10–15 million dollars on his head and was accused of flooding the United States with fentanyl, methamphetamine and other hard drugs. His CJNG organisation […]