LatinNews Daily - 23 February 2026

MEXICO: Top drug kingpin killed

Main Briefing by Lewis Harrison 23 February 2026 Modified: 23 February 2026 1727 views

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On 22 February Mexico’s defence ministry (Defensa) confirmed that Nemesio ‘El Mencho’ Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, the leader of the Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG), the country’s most powerful drug cartel and one of the most wanted drug traffickers in the world, had been killed during a security operation carried out in the western state of Jalisco.

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