The golden funeral of El Mencho, the king of Fentanyl | EUROtoday

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A golden coffin, 5 vehicles of flowers, a rooster product of purple and white petals. And a band enjoying rancheras and narcocorridos because the coffin enters the cemetery.

Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, recognized to all as El Mencho, was buried like this, within the state of Jalisco, his kingdom. The man who based after which led for years the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel, one of the highly effective prison organizations within the Western Hemisphere, was killed in a National Guard operation just a few days in the past. He was 59 years outdated and was believed to be the king of Fentanyl. The United States had positioned a 15 million greenback bounty on his head.

EPA/Francisco Guasco

The funeral was held close to Guadalajara, the cartel’s historic stronghold. The Guardia Nacional guarded the world to keep away from new outbreaks of violence. In the times following his killing, CJNG males set fireplace to automobiles and blocked roads in at the very least twenty states throughout the nation. A present of energy, but in addition a transparent message: the group remains to be operational.

According to the AFP company, 5 vehicles have been wanted to move all of the floral preparations to the cemetery. Many despatched by nameless senders. Among these, an unlimited rooster, a tribute to El Mencho’s ardour for clandestine combating.

EPA/FRANCISCO GUASCO

When the gold-colored coffin arrived within the chapel contained in the cemetery, the musicians sang El Muchacho Alegre. And after a ceremony lasting about an hour, these current (many with their faces lined by masks) accompanied the coffin to the tomb. A surprisingly sober burial in comparison with the monumental mausoleums that usually mark the tombs of narco leaders.