Top Mexican drug cartel leader killedHandout photo published by the US State Department on December 4, 2024, showing a reward poster for the powerful Mexican drug cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera. (Photo: AFP)MEXICO CITY - Mexico confirmed on Sunday that soldiers killed a powerful drug cartel leader who was one of the most wanted men here and in the United States. Gunmen retaliating for the raid blocked more than 20 roads in western Jalisco state, which includes Tapalpa, with burning cars and trucks. Oseguera, whose nickname was "El Mencho," is one of the biggest Mexican drug lords to be taken down since the capture of the founders of the Sinaloa cartel, Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman and Ismael Zambada. The United States has classified the Jalisco cartel as a terrorist organization and accuses it of sending cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and fentanyl into the United States.

Source: Bangkok Post February 22, 2026 23:05 UTC