El Mencho’s mountain hideout falls to Mexican forces, sparking cartel retaliation
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Mexican special forces, with U.S. intelligence support, stormed Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes’s luxury mountain hideout near Tapalpa, killing El Mencho after an hours-long gun battle that also triggered deadly reprisals across Mexico; the raid exposed a lavish compound with armed guards, drones, designer gear, and a payroll notebook detailing pay for commanders, mercenaries, and drone operators.
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- La Jefa: the wife of slain drug kingpin El Mencho and the women at the heart of the cartels The Conversation
- Mexican authorities hand over body of ‘El Mencho’ to his family AP News
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