El Mencho

El Mencho

Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum holds a press conference a day before the imposition of tariffs by US President Donald Trump, at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico March 3, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Luis Cortes

Unprecedented military raid is risky gamble for Mexico's Sheinbaum

The Mexican Army launched a surprise operation on Sunday against Nemesio Oseguera, or "El Mencho," the shadowy leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. Known as CJNG for its Spanish...

Mexican drug lord Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, also known as El Mencho, appears in undated photographs in a wanted poster on the US Department of State website with a $15 million reward offered for information leading to his arrest. Mexico's defense ministry said a shootout in the western state of Jalisco left Oseguera seriously injured and he died during an air transfer to Mexico City. Photo: State Department/Handout via REUTERS.

Who was El Mencho, the former officer who rose to lead a dominant cartel in Mexico?

Workers stand next to the wreckage of a trailer used to block a highway after a series of blockades and attacks by organized crime following a military operation in which cartel boss Nemesio Oseguera, "El Mencho," was killed, in Ecuandureo, Mexico, February 23, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Ivan Arias

Romantic tryst led to Mexican cartel leader's capture, death

Mexican drug lord Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, also known as El Mencho, appears in undated photographs in a wanted poster on the US Department of State website with a $15 million reward offered for information leading to his arrest. Mexico's defense ministry said a shootout in the western state of Jalisco left Oseguera seriously injured and he died during an air transfer to Mexico City. Photo: State Department/Handout via REUTERS.

Cop turned crime boss, Nemesio 'El Mencho' Oseguera leaves bloody legacy

Firefighters work to extinguish flames from a vehicle used by organized crime members as roadblock following a series of detentions by federal forces, in Guadalajara, Mexico, February 22, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Michelle Freyria

Mexican military kills cartel boss 'El Mencho' in US-backed raid