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 CJNG into one of the world's most powerful drug trafficking organizations, with $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 $15 million U.S. bounty manhunt.
Updated May 29
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