Notorious Mexican Drug Lord Was Killed After Secret Rendezvous with Lover Went Awry
The article reports that Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes,known as “El Mencho,” the head of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel,was captured and killed after a daring raid in Tapalpa,Jalisco. Authorities allegedly traced him through a trusted courier connected to one of his romantic partners who led them to a secret facility. In the ensuing firefight, eight cartel members died and two soldiers were wounded; Cervantes and two associates were wounded and later died while being airlifted to a hospital. the operation is described as a major blow to the Mexican drug trade. The piece notes that the U.S. had been involved behind the scenes, with reports suggesting President Trump pressed Mexico to cooperate and that a $15 million bounty had been placed on Cervantes. The New York Post is cited as reporting that Trump quietly facilitated transfers of nearly 100 cartel leaders before the raid. Authorities frame cartels as terrorist organizations, underscoring the broader political and law-enforcement context surrounding the event.
Mexican drug cartels were rocked when Jalisco New Generation Cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as “El Mencho,” was captured and killed after a daring Sunday raid.
And the gangs can apparently thank a paramour of Cervantes’ for the trouble.
According to Fox News, authorities were able to successfully track Cervantes after it had kept tabs on one of his “romantic partners.”
“On February 20, through central military intelligence work, a man of trust of one of El Mencho’s romantic partners was located, who took her to a facility in the town of Tapalpa, Jalisco,” Mexican Defense Secretary Ricardo Trevilla Trejo told reporters on Monday.
Local authorities had identified “a trusted courier or guard” associated with one of Cervantes’ partners.
That “trusted” source was followed, and eventually found to bring one of Cervantes’ partners to a secretive location for a rendezvous with the drug lord.
The next day, the partner apparently left the premises — but Cervantes did not.
This window was all local authorities needed to greenlight the raid that eventually captured and killed Cervantes.
Cervantes’ well-armed inner circle fought ferociously, but were ultimately beaten by Special Forces.
Eight gang members were killed, while two members of the military were wounded.
Cervantes and some of his crew would eventually escape the property before being found in the nearby woods. A shootout commenced, with Cervantes and two of his associates wounded.
It was determined that Cervantes and his crew needed immediate medical attention, though all three died while being helicoptered to a nearby medical facility.
Cervantes’ capture and death is a huge loss for the Mexican drug trade — which is something President Donald Trump has been pushing for some time now.
In fact, while it doesn’t appear the U.S. was directly involved in this daring raid to take down Cervantes, according to the New York Post, Trump had already been working closely with Mexican authorities behind the scenes.
(Though the U.S. government did place a $15 million bounty on Cervantes’ head.)
The New York Post reported that Trump “quietly” got Mexico to hand over nearly 100 cartel drug traffickers before the Cervantes raid.
Of note, Trump did apparently “pressure” the Mexican government to cooperate in this endeavor.
“As President Trump has made clear, cartels are terrorist groups, and this Department of Justice is devoted to destroying cartels and transnational gangs,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said last February during the first round of trafficker transfers.
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