"US-backed operation that killed El Mencho sparks a wave of violence across the country. In a military raid supported by the United States, Mexican forces have located and killed one of the country's most notorious drug lords, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, also known as El Mencho. In the immediate aftermath of his killing on Sunday, violence erupted in numerous areas of Mexico as gunmen set vehicles ablaze and erected roadblocks across 20 states."
"He was the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, which operates from the western state of Jalisco and is known for its large military-style arsenal. Aged 59 when he was killed, El Mencho was from the neighbouring state of Michoacan. It is rumoured that he was a police officer before he became a drug lord. He rose in the ranks of Mexico's drug-trafficking underworld in the 1990s."
"He once reportedly sent a severed pig's head in an ice chest to a Mexican attorney as a threat, Rolling Stone magazine reported in 2015, citing an unnamed former DEA field agent. A call recording captured him threatening a local police commander with the call sign Delta One, promising to kill him and even your dogs if his officers didn't back off, then ending with a nonchalant Sorry for the bad language."
Mexican forces, supported by the United States, located and killed Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as El Mencho, leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. His killing prompted violent reprisals across 20 Mexican states, with gunmen burning vehicles and erecting roadblocks. El Mencho, aged 59 and originally from Michoacan, rose through Mexico's drug-trafficking networks in the 1990s and reportedly served nearly three years in US prison after a 1994 heroin-trafficking conviction. The cartel maintained a large military-style arsenal and invested in submarines to smuggle drugs, allegedly hiring Russian naval engineers. Washington had offered a $15m reward for information.
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