The Mexican military killed one of Mexico's most notorious drug lords, Nemesio Oseguera, or "El Mencho," Sunday that sparked widespread violence across the country.
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 U.S.
Oseguera, 60, the mastermind of the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) died in custody after being injured in a military operation by Mexican special forces in the town of Tapalpa on Mexico's Pacific coast in Jalisco state, according to Mexico's Defense Ministry.
His corpse arrived in Mexico City Sunday afternoon in a heavily guarded convoy of National Guard troops.
Reuters had reported Sunday that a new U.S.-military-led task force played a role in the raid led and carried out by Mexican forces.
