Mexico, CJNG cartel
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Jalisco New Generation Cartel, Mexican armed forces
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President Donald Trump had put Mexico on notice: Go after the country’s powerful drug lords, or he would.
After tracking El Mencho’s lover to his lair, Mexican special forces launched an operation by air and land, leading to two shootouts that left the drug boss mortally wounded.
Authorities said Mexican forces killed Ruben "El Mencho" Oseguera, the notorious Jalisco cartel leader who became Mexico's most wanted drug kingpin.
Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, known as "El Mencho," was the leader of the notorious Jalisco New Generation Cartel prior to his death on Sunday.
Violence across Mexico after the killing of a cartel boss is hitting trucks, ports and air freight for a critical trading partner to the U.S.
The image depicted one of the Mexican city's most iconic landmarks, the Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, on fire. There's no evidence that happened.
Law enforcement is monitoring potential increases in violence, coercion or debt-collection activity in domestic trafficking corridors after cartel head "El Mencho" was killed Sunday.