The leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias El Mencho, was killed during an operation with federal forces in the state of Jalisco (west), as confirmed to EFE this Sunday sources from the Government of Mexico.
The operation was carried out in the municipality of Tapalpa, 130 kilometers south of Guadalajara, capital of Jaliscoand led to armed clashes in the region.
The authorities have not so far detailed the total balance of the action or whether there were more people arrested or killed, while a wide security deployment is maintained in the area.
Leader of one of the Mexican cartels that Washington declared as terrorists
Oseguera Cervantes, 56 years old and alias El Menchowas one of the most wanted criminals by Mexican and American authorities, with a million-dollar reward for information leading to his capture.
Under his leadership, the CJNG consolidated itself as one of the most powerful and violent criminal organizations in the country. The United States accused him of leading a “reign of terror” in Mexico and destroying “countless lives” with fentanyl trafficking, and offered up to $15 million for information leading to his arrest or conviction.
The CJNG is one of the Mexican cartels that Washington declared terrorist since last year. After this day’s operation, in apparent reaction by the criminal group, various blockades and burning of vehicles and businesses were recorded in Jalisco and other states of the country.
A member of the Guadalajara Fire Department tries to put out a burning vehicle this Sunday, in Guadalajara (Mexico).
In images broadcast by the media and social networks, burning vehicles and columns of smoke can be seen in Jalisco, Michoacán, Colima, Nayarit (west), Aguascalientes (center) and Tamaulipas (north), as well as burned businesses in Guanajuato (center).
