(Reuters)ADVERTISEMENTThe killing of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, better known as ‘El Mencho’, has redrawn the security map of Mexico and injected new urgency into US-Mexico cooperation against drug cartels. (Reuters)The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, did not offer details on the information shared and stressed that the raid itself was a Mexican military operation. A former US official said the US compiled a detailed target package for El Mencho and provided it to the Mexican government. El Mencho, the former official added, was very high, if not at the top, of a US target list in Mexico. (Reuters)El Mencho was killed during an operation intended to capture him in Tapalpa, Jalisco, about two hours from Guadalajara.

Source: The Telegraph February 23, 2026 17:22 UTC