How Mexico Army Killed 'El Mencho', Drug Lord Who Evaded Arrest For Years
The Mexican government has said that its security forces have killed the country's most wanted cartel boss, setting off a wave of violent reprisals across several states as cartel operatives sought to exact revenge in a show of force. Nemesio Oseguera Ruben Cervantes, known as "El Mencho," was the leader of one of Mexico's most powerful cartels, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. He was widely regarded as one of the country's most violent criminal figures, with a $15 million bounty on his head from the United States.
