Jalisco Cartel New Generation

Firefighters extinguish the fire of a truck that was set on fire on a street in the port of Acapulco, Guerrero state on February 22, 2026. The Mexican army announced the death of powerful drug lord Oseguera Cervantes, for whom the United States was offering a £12 million reward, adding in a statement that El Mencho was wounded in an operation carried out in the town of Tapalpa, in the western state of Jalisco, and died during his transfer by air to Mexico City. (Photo by Francisco ROBLES / AFP)

After 'El Mencho' is killed, Mexico deploys 10,000 troops to Jalisco following operation that left nearly 60 dead

Emmanuel Alejandro Rondón

Handout photo published by the US State Department on December 4, 2024, showing a reward poster for the powerful Mexican drug cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera.
Mexico confirmed on February 22, 2026, that soldiers killed a powerful drug cartel leader who was one of the most wanted men here and in the United States. Nemesio Oseguera, the 59-year-old leader of the violent Jalisco New Generation Cartel, was wounded in a clash with soldiers in the town of Tapalpa and died while being flown to Mexico City, the army said in a statement.

Nemesio 'El Mencho' Oseguera, the drug lord who defied the Mexican state like few others

Víctor Mendoza

A member of the Prosecutor's Office stands guard near a burning bus at one of the main avenues after it was set on fire by organised crime groups in response to an operation in Jalisco to arrest a high-priority security target in Zapopan, state of Jalisco, Mexico, on February 22, 2026. Armed civilians blocked several roads in the state of Jalisco, in western Mexico, following an operation by federal forces in the town of Tapalpa, local authorities reported. Jalisco, which will host four matches of the upcoming 2026 World Cup, is home to the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), and has been rocked by several episodes of violence in recent years. (Photo by Ulises Ruiz / AFP)

Open conflict in Mexico: Security forces kill ‘El Mencho,’ leader of Jalisco New Generation Cartel, triggering wave of violence in the west

Emmanuel Alejandro Rondón

Pintada del Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación. Imagen de archivo

Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación 'office' dismantled in Spain

Alejandro Baños

Macrooperación de la DEA contra el Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación

Checkmate to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel: DEA arrests 670 members and seizes 77 tons of drugs

Alejandro Baños

Guardacostas de Costa Rica custodian cocaína decomisada

Drug trafficking routes: How Latin American cartels operate, flooding the country with drugs

Virginia Martínez

Cybertruck adquirido por el estado de Jalisco (México)

Mexico uses Cybertrucks to fight drug trafficking in Jalisco

Víctor Mendoza

Operación contra Caro Quintero en México (Cordon Press)

Mexican drug cartels to be added to foreign terrorist organization list

Juan Peña

Cristian Fernando 'El Gaucho' Gutiérrez-Ochoa

Mexican drug cartel leader who faked his death captured in California

Santiago Ospital

The Jalisco New Generation Cartel is taking constant hits from the United States, but is it really weakening?

Emmanuel Alejandro Rondón

Peso Pluma durante un concierto en 2023.

Peso Pluma, threatened with death in Mexico: "It will be your last performance"

Santiago Ospital

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