Killing of top cartel leader sparks retaliatory violence across Mexico
February 23, 2026
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as posted by the channelNemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, known as “El Mencho," was killed by Mexican security forces, Mexican defense officials said, setting off a wave of retaliatory violence across the country.
Oseguera was Mexico’s most powerful cartel leader, expanding the Jalisco New Generation Cartel into a major power that took control of lucrative drug routes into the United States.
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