Mexican military kills cartel boss El Mencho in US-backed raid

Briana Lupea

MEXICO CITY: One of Mexico's most notorious drug lords, Nemesio Oseguera, or El Mencho, was killed in a military raid on Sunday (Feb 22), sparking widespread retaliatory violence. President Claudia Sheinbaum has been under mounting pressure from Washington to intensify her offensive against drug cartels blamed for producing and smuggling drugs, particularly the synthetic opioid fentanyl, across the border to the United States. Oseguera, 60, the mastermind of the powerful Jalisco New Generation

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Mexican military kills cartel boss El Mencho in US-backed raid https://www.channelnewsasia.com/ - 04:52