Mexico’s Most Wanted Drug Kingpin ‘El Mencho’ Killed in Military Operation

Mexico’s most powerful drug lord and leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, widely known as “El Mencho,” has been killed in a military operation, Mexican defense authorities confirmed on Sunday.

Oseguera’s death marks one of the most significant blows to organized crime in recent years, targeting a figure long regarded as one of Mexico’s most wanted fugitives.

He co-founded the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), an organization that evolved into one of the country’s most powerful and violent criminal networks. The cartel has been heavily involved in trafficking fentanyl, cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine into the United States.

The operation comes amid continued pressure from Donald Trump, who has repeatedly urged Mexico to intensify its crackdown on drug trafficking organizations operating across the U.S.-Mexico border.

Further details about the operation and its broader security implications are expected in the coming days.