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Mexican security forces kill leader of Jalisco New Generation Cartel ‘El Mencho’

By David Zimmermann, Zach LaChance
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Mexican security forces killed the leader of one of the country’s most powerful cartels in a military operation on Sunday, according to the Mexican government.

Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, the drug lord notoriously known as “El Mencho,” had led the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, or CJNG, since the group was created over 15 years ago.

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