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Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, “El Mencho”
The U.S. Department of State is offering a reward of up to $15 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, also known as “El Mencho.” Oseguera Cervantes is one of the founders and the current leader of the Cartel de Jalicso Nueva Generación (CJNG). Oseguera Cervantes is one of the most wanted fugitives in Mexico.
CJNG was formed in 2009 and has grown into one of the most violent drug cartels in Mexico. It has been assessed to have the highest cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine trafficking capacity in Mexico, and over the past few years, includes the trafficking of fentanyl into the United States.
Mexico kills Nemesio Oseguera ‘El Mencho,’ the world’s most wanted drug lord
The Mexican military killed Rubén Nemesio Oseguera, alias “El Mencho,” the most wanted and dangerous drug trafficker in the world, this weekend in the state of Jalisco, in central Mexico, according to official sources who confirmed the information to EL PAÍS. The leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), the country’s most significant criminal group, Oseguera headed a criminal enterprise with countless tentacles — more powerful than any other, violent and aggressive in its business practices, and primarily linked to drug trafficking.
The fall of El Mencho, also a priority target for the United States, is the biggest blow to drug trafficking in recent history.
Oseguera’s death has sparked blockades by his group in several states in central Mexico — Michoacán and Jalisco, where he had his stronghold, but also Tamaulipas, Colima, and Guanajuato, among others. His removal from the criminal playing field places Mexico in uncharted territory, with the World Cup just around the corner and the clear ability of criminal groups to sow chaos in cities and along major highways.
