Founder and leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG)
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Killed on February 22, 2026
For more than a decade, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes — known as El Mencho — built the Jalisco New Generation Cartel into one of the most powerful drug trafficking organizations on earth, with an estimated $50 billion in assets and operations spanning five continents. On February 22, 2026, the Mexican Army killed him during a coordinated raid near Tapalpa, Jalisco, ending a manhunt that carried a $15 million United States bounty.
Updated Feb 22
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