El Mencho Killed in Raid That Unraveled Cartel’s Elite Security Net
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Mexican special forces killed Nemesio ‘El Mencho’ Oseguera Cervantes, founder of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, in a dawn raid near Tapalpa after months of tracking aided by U.S. intelligence and Predator drone surveillance. Oseguera ran a vast security network with nearly 400 gunmen, armored vehicles, rocket launchers, and land mines, but the army closed in, and he died en route to a medical center after being wounded during the operation.
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