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Profile of a drug "baron"/ Who was "El Mencho" of the Jalisco Cartel, who was killed by the Mexican army!

2026-02-23 09:37:56Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Profile of a drug "baron"/ Who was "El Mencho" of the
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One of the world's most wanted drug traffickers, the Mexican cartel boss known as " El Mencho ," was killed by the Mexican military.

The drug lord, whose real name is Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, was killed on Sunday in the western state of Jalisco.

The 59-year-old gangster was the leader of a group that in recent years has become Mexico's most powerful and notorious criminal organization: the Jalisco Nueva Generacion Cartel (CJNG).

Although less famous internationally than the Sinaloa Cartel of jailed Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, the Jalisco group is a household name in Mexico, where it is notorious for its displays of brutal violence and large, military-style arsenal.

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The United States had offered a $15 million reward for the capture of the drug lord, accused of smuggling large amounts of cocaine, fentanyl and methamphetamine across the southern US border.

Oseguera was the last of a generation of drug traffickers who, like El Chapo Guzmán, El Mayo Zambada and Ignacio Coronel , had begun their criminal careers in the last century, when the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) dominated Mexico, from the smallest towns to the chambers of representatives, and crime was subservient to official power.

Over the years, things changed. The PRI lost power and old alliances between crime and the state disappeared; criminal groups fragmented and new ones emerged, creating and nurturing powerful armed wings, while Mexico was flooded with weapons coming from the United States.

It was precisely in these circumstances that El Mencho, the most capable of them all, acted. None of them remain free.

El Chapo and El Mayo , founding leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel, were captured and are serving sentences in US prisons, from which they are unlikely to ever be released. Now, El Mencho has died in the same region where his power rose.

Although he was born and raised in Michoacán, between Apatzingán and Aguililla, where he first entered the criminal world, he had recently been hiding in Jalisco, his adopted state, in the rugged area between Guadalajara, host city of several World Cup matches, and Puerto Vallarta, the pearl of the Pacific coast. Sources within the federal security cabinet had located him near Atequiza, a declared “Pueblo Mágico” in Jalisco.

Born on July 17, 1966, in the town of Naranjo de Chila, El Mencho was the son of farmers who emigrated to California, where one of the few photographs of him was taken: young, with curly hair and a defiant look.

The other, more famous photo, showing him with a calm expression and a mustache, is the one that has always been used to identify the man who created a criminal empire, first in small-scale trafficking, then as a hitman and local boss, until he became a major international drug trafficker.

Oseguera was the most wanted target in the war on drug trafficking after the fall of Sinaloa Cartel leaders El Chapo Guzmán and El Mayo Zambada, as well as the extradition to the United States of another major drug lord, Rafael Caro Quintero.

The CJNG was formed in 2009 and has grown to become one of the most violent drug cartels in Mexico.

It is estimated to have the highest capacity for trafficking cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine in Mexico, and in recent years has also included trafficking fentanyl to the United States.

Under Oseguera Cervantes' leadership, the CJNG has been responsible for numerous killings against rival drug cartels and Mexican law enforcement. More recently, CJNG operatives, allegedly under his leadership, have been involved in attempted assassinations of Mexican government officials.

Since 2017, Oseguera Cervantes has been sued several times in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

The most recent additional indictment, filed on April 5, 2022, charges Oseguera Cervantes with conspiracy and distribution of controlled substances ( methamphetamine, cocaine, and fentanyl ) for the purpose of unlawful importation into the United States, as well as use of a firearm during and in connection with drug trafficking crimes.

The end of a drug lord:

His death also marks a major victory in Mexico's fight against the cartels responsible for trafficking billions of dollars worth of cocaine and fentanyl into the United States.

But it is also expected to trigger a wave of violence across Mexico.

“There will be an extraordinary amount of violence,” said Wanda Felbab-Brown, an expert on international organized crime. She compared Oseguera to other drug lords who have been captured or killed in recent years, such as Guzman and Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, both from the Sinaloa cartel.

The governor of Jalisco state, Pablo Lemus Navarro, urged residents to stay home until the situation is under control.

The US embassy also urged American citizens in Mexico to seek safe haven./ VoxNews


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