{"id":66827,"date":"2026-02-23T02:37:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T02:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/the-violent-history-of-el-mencho-the-notorious-cartel-leader-killed-in-mexico\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T02:37:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T02:37:16","slug":"the-violent-history-of-el-mencho-the-notorious-cartel-leader-killed-in-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/the-violent-history-of-el-mencho-the-notorious-cartel-leader-killed-in-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"The violent history of &#8220;El Mencho,&#8221; the notorious cartel leader killed in Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, Nemesio  Rub\u00e9n Oseguera Cervantes \u2014 also known as &#8220;El Mencho&#8221; \u2014 was <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/violence-mexico-jalisco-new-generation-cartel-killed-military-puerto-vallarta\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">killed Sunday<\/a><\/span> in a military operation in western Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>Violent clashes broke out following the operation that led to Oseguera Cervantes&#8217; death, during which six other people were killed. Two others were arrested, while Mexican authorities seized armored vehicles, rocket launchers and other weapons from alleged cartel members. Three members of Mexico&#8217;s military were wounded in the operation.<\/p>\n<p>The violence that broke out Sunday is part of a long pattern of clashes between Mexican authorities and CJNG.<\/p>\n<p>Oseguera Cervantes had been wanted for years by the United States, which has alleged that he and CJNG traffic large quantities of fentanyl and other drugs into the U.S. At the time of his death, the State Department was offering a $15,000,000 reward for information leading to his arrest.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/23\/c432af43-9cda-49a0-b53e-10541b2eca2d\/thumbnail\/620x413\/583a480ba593102c1d1f265f34f49aa5\/gettyimages-2262558803.jpg#\" alt=\"Mexican Army Killed Drug Leader 'El Mencho' In Jalisco \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/23\/c432af43-9cda-49a0-b53e-10541b2eca2d\/thumbnail\/620x413\/583a480ba593102c1d1f265f34f49aa5\/gettyimages-2262558803.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/23\/c432af43-9cda-49a0-b53e-10541b2eca2d\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/d9e01b0701c6f5f11c59f7b5c33afff0\/gettyimages-2262558803.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Security members speak next to burnt buses in Zapopan, Mexico, after road blockades and vehicle burnings popped up throughout Mexico after Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as &#8220;El Mencho,&#8221; was killed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Carlos Zepeda \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Who is Nemesio Rub\u00e9n Oseguera Cervantes?<\/h2>\n<p>Originally born in Mexico, Oseguera Cervantes entered the U.S. illegally in the 1980s and lived in California for years. He was eventually arrested on drug charges and <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/el-mencho-mexican-cartel-boss-behind-one-third-of-drugs-in-the-us-2019-09-26\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">deported back to Mexico<\/a><\/span>, but he returned to the U.S. illegally.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Oseguera Cervantes was again arrested on drug charges in 1992 and, after serving three years in prison and being released on parole, was deported to Mexico a second time, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/culture\/culture-features\/the-brutal-rise-of-el-mencho-196980\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rolling Stone<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Back in Mexico, he began his rise to the top of one of the country&#8217;s most powerful cartels.<\/p>\n<h2>El Mencho and CJNG&#8217;s violent history in Mexico<\/h2>\n<p>After splintering off from the Milenio Cartel, Oseguera Cervantes and others formed CJNG around 2011, according to the State Department.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;CJNG is heavily involved in the manufacturing, trafficking, and distribution of illicit drugs, such as fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine, as well as maintaining a vast money laundering operation,&#8221; according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dea.gov\/cartels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Drug Enforcement Administration<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, the DEA estimated CJNG was responsible for at least one-third of all the drugs entering the U.S. from air and sea.<\/p>\n<p>Former DEA agent Matthew Donahue told CBS News at the time that Oseguera Cervantes was &#8220;the number one priority for DEA and frankly for federal law enforcement in the United States.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/23\/f61265c3-1ad6-467a-8db4-0a86f4b94efa\/thumbnail\/620x799\/60688434e3079ebb74291b8580c095ab\/gettyimages-2262560095.jpg#\" alt=\"Mexican cartel leader 'El Mencho' killed in military operation \" height=\"799\" width=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/23\/f61265c3-1ad6-467a-8db4-0a86f4b94efa\/thumbnail\/620x799\/60688434e3079ebb74291b8580c095ab\/gettyimages-2262560095.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/23\/f61265c3-1ad6-467a-8db4-0a86f4b94efa\/thumbnail\/1240x1598\/ec27bb8d1623f6f741049c273056f4fd\/gettyimages-2262560095.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">A reward poster from the U.S. State Department for Nemesio Oseguera Cervants, also known as &#8220;El Mencho.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                US State Department\/Anadolu via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>President Trump,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/terrorist-designations-of-international-cartels\/#:~:text=The%20State%20Department%20announces%20the,Department%20of%20State's%20Fact%20Sheet.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">in February of last year, signed an executive order designating CJNG<\/a>\u00a0and seven other cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. Then, in May, federal prosecutors used that designation to charge 39-year-old Maria Del Rosario Navarro-Sanchez, for allegedly <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/feds-use-new-terrorism-designation-to-charge-mexican-cartel-member\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">providing grenades to CJNG<\/a><\/span>. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He has got an enormous amount of weapons, RPGs, 50 caliber weapons. He basically has his own SWAT teams,&#8221; Donahue said.<\/p>\n<p>Those weapons have been used to assert, expand and maintain the cartel&#8217;s control throughout the country in violent and often bold fashion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, the cartel attempted to assassinate Mexico City Police Chief Omar Garc\u00eda Harfuch, who now serves as Mexico&#8217;s secretary of Security and Civilian Protection. While traveling to a meeting in an armored SUV, Garc\u00eda was attacked by CJNG members who had high-powered rifles, grendades and body armor, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/mexiconewsdaily.com\/news\/mexico-city-police-chief-wounded-in-armed-attack-3-people-killed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mexico News Daily<\/a>. He survived, but two of his bodyguards and an uninvolved woman were killed.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. prosecutors have also alleged that in 2015, the cartel shot down a Mexican military helicopter with an RPG during a campaign by Mexico to target cartels in Jalisco. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>CJNG&#8217;s violence was also often more targeted.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Cristian Fernando Gutierrez-Ochoa, a former high-ranking cartel leader, is alleged to have <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/cartel-leader-accused-faking-death-sentenced-us-prison\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">kidnapped two Mexican Navy members<\/a><\/span> in 2021 in an effort to get El Mencho&#8217;s wife released after she herself had been arrested by Mexican authorities. According to prosecutors, El Mencho told people that he killed Gutierrez-Ochoa for lying, but Gutierrez-Ochoa actually faked his death and <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mexico-cartel-leader-arrested-california-faked-own-death-justice-department\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">fled from Mexico to Riverside, California<\/a><\/span>. Oseguera Cervantes&#8217; wife was eventually released from prison in February 2025.<\/p>\n<p>CJNG has been accused of using fake job advertisements in an attempt to lure new members, then forcing the unsuspecting applicants to join the cartel. The cartel is alleged to have\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/jalisco-cartel-operation-investigation-recruitment-ranch-mexico\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">tortured or killed those<\/a><\/span>\u00a0who tried to resist or escape. In March,\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mass-killing-site-possibly-found-jalisco-mexico-search-missing-relatives\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">charred bones, shoes and clothing<\/a><\/span>\u00a0were found by a group of people looking for missing relatives found at what is believed to be a training ground for CJNG. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>El Mencho&#8217;s son, Rub\u00e9n Oseguera \u2014 known as &#8220;El Menchito&#8221; \u2014\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mexico-drug-cartel-ruben-oseguera-el-menchito-prison\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">was sentenced in March 2025<\/a><\/span>\u00a0to life in prison after he was convicted in the U.S. on drug and weapons charges.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;El Menchito led the Jalisco Cartel&#8217;s efforts to use murder, kidnapping, and torture to build the Cartel into a self-described &#8217;empire&#8217; by manufacturing fentanyl and flooding the United States with massive quantities of lethal drugs,&#8221; former U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said in September 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to his death, Oseguera Cervantes had also been indicted in the U.S. multiple times. 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