Mexican army kills drug lord Oseguera 'El Mencho'

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The Mexican army on Sunday killed Mexican drug lord Nemesio Ruben Oseguera Cervantes, known as "El Mencho." Oseguera headed the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. The United States had offered a $15 million bounty for his capture. Oseguera was wounded during a raid in the town of Tapalpa in western Jalisco state and died while being flown to Mexico City, the Mexican army said in a statement. It said that four members of the cartel were killed in the raid and three more, including Oseguera, died of their wounds while being transferred to the Mexican capital. Two more people were arrested and armored vehicles, rocket launchers and other arms were seized during the operations. US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau welcomed the killing as a "great development for Mexico, ​US, Latin America, and the world." Mexico's embassy in Washington, DC, said that the United States had provided information that aided in the raid that led to Oseguera's death. "In ‌addition to ​central military intelligence efforts, complementary information was ​provided by U.S. authorities within the ⁠framework ​of ​bilateral coordination and ​cooperation with the ‌United States," it said in a post on X. The US Justice Department considers the cartel, which was founded in 2009, to be one of Mexico's most violent drug trafficking organizations. It is one of the main suppliers of cocaine to the United States and also produces fentanyl and methamphetamines. Please refresh the page for updates.