Mexicain military raid kills notorious drug lord known as El Mencho
發佈日期: 2026-02-23 20:38
TVB News
One of Mexico's most notorious drug lords, Nemesio Oseguera, or "El Mencho," was killed in a military raid on Sunday, sparking widespread retaliatory violence.
According to Mexico's defence ministry, 60-year-old Nemesio Oseguera, the mastermind of the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel died in custody after being injured in a military operation by Mexican special forces in the town of Tapalpa on Mexico's Pacific coast in Jalisco state.
His corpse arrived in Mexico City on Sunday afternoon in a heavily guarded convoy of National Guard troops.
Sources said Mexican forces led and carried out the raid with intelligence support from the US.
Oseguera, a former police officer, founded and oversaw the rapid rise of the CJNG, named for the western state of Jalisco that is home to one of Mexico's biggest cities, Guadalajara.
In recent years, CJNG has expanded into one of Mexico's most powerful cartels, known for violent tactics including forced labour and forced recruitment.
Under El Mencho's leadership, CJNG also became a highly diversified criminal enterprise, expanding from drug trafficking to fuel theft, extortion, human smuggling, and complex financial frauds.
The cartel pioneered use of drones in attacks against civilians in remote regions of western Mexico as part of its rapid territorial expansion.
Sunday's raid was one of Mexico's highest profile blows against drug gangs responsible for smuggling billions of dollars of drugs, including fentanyl into the US.
In recent years, the leaders of the rival Sinaloa Cartel Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman and Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, were captured alive. Both are now in US prisons.
After reports of El Mencho's death, cartel henchmen blockaded highways with burning cars and torched businesses in more than a half a dozen states, paralyzing parts of the country.
US President Donald Trump's administration lauded El Mencho's killing.
However, the violence it triggered highlighted the political balancing act Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum must strike as her government escalates its cartel offensive.
Security experts were watching whether the death of the cartel boss will fracture CJNG leadership and trigger bloody infighting.
