Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, broadly often known as “El Mencho” and the formidable chief of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), has been killed throughout a Mexican navy operation, a federal official has confirmed.
The operation, which befell on Sunday within the western state of Jalisco, was preceded by hours of widespread roadblocks involving burning autos – a standard tactic employed by cartels to impede navy actions.
The official, who requested anonymity as a result of not being authorised to talk publicly, offered particulars of the incident.
El Mencho was a extremely sought-after determine, with the US State Department providing a reward of as much as $15 million for info resulting in his arrest. This reward was reiterated in a December 2024 put up, figuring out him as a founder and present chief of CJNG and one in all Mexico’s most needed fugitives.
Formed in 2009, CJNG has quickly grow to be one in all Mexico’s most violent drug cartels. It is assessed to own the best capability for trafficking cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine, and extra just lately, fentanyl into the United States.
Under El Mencho’s management, the cartel has been implicated in quite a few homicides concentrating on rival teams and Mexican regulation enforcement, in addition to alleged assassination makes an attempt on Mexican authorities officers.
The Trump administration beforehand designated CJNG as a overseas terrorist organisation.
Since 2017, El Mencho has confronted a number of indictments within the US District Court for the District of Columbia, with the latest superseding indictment on April 5, 2022, charging him with conspiracy and distribution of managed substances for illegal importation into the US, and firearm use in drug trafficking. He was additionally charged below the Drug Kingpin Statute for working a seamless prison enterprise.
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