WASHINGTON: A new US-military-led task force specializing in intelligence collection on drug cartels played a role in the Mexican military raid on Sunday that killed the Mexican drug lord known as ‘El Mencho,’ a US defense official told Reuters. The Joint Interagency Task Force-Counter Cartel, which involves multiple US government agencies, was formally launched last month with the goal of mapping out networks of drug cartel members on both sides of the US-Mexico border, US officials said.

A Mexican federal official says the Mexican army has killed the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel in a military operation.

The Mexican army decapitating Mexico's most powerful cartel and gave the government its biggest prize yet to show the Trump administration for its efforts.

Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as "El Mencho", is head of one of Mexico's most powerful drug cartels.

Era uno dei principali obiettivi di sicurezza del governo messicano nonchè dell'amministrazione Trump

The leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel was killed as part of a security operation in Jalisco on Feb. 22.

MEXICO CITY: The Mexican army killed the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, “El Mencho, ” on Sunday, decapitating what had become…

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says her government is responding to reported violence after the operation against the cartel leader.

WASHINGTON: A new US-military-led task force specializing in intelligence collection on drug cartels played a role in the Mexican military raid on Sunday that killed the Mexican…

Drug lord who was killed by Mexican special forces on Sunday led a cartel known for aggression and military-style arsenal

The death of the most-wanted Jalisco cartel chief sparks retaliatory violence in at least a dozen states in Mexico.

Under El Mencho’s leadership, the cartel has been implicated in numerous homicides targeting rival groups and Mexican law enforcement

US-backed operation that killed El Mencho sparks a wave of violence across the country.

Mexico on Sunday said it killed "El Mencho," the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, in an operation in Tapalpa, Jalisco, a Mexican state known for trafficking fentanyl…

Trump tells Mexico to ‘step up’ effort to combat cartels even after military operation kills drug lord known as ‘El Mencho’

A major cartel boss is dead. How did Mexican forces locate and kill El Mencho, the country’s most notorious drug lord?

EDITORIAL. While the elimination of 'El Mencho', leader of Jalisco Nueva Generacion, dealt a heavy blow to the drug cartel, the subsequent surge in violence highlights the…