{"id":2572429,"date":"2026-02-22T15:04:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T20:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mexico-kills-leader-of-jalisco-new-generation-cartel-el-mencho\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T15:07:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T20:07:07","slug":"mexico-kills-leader-of-jalisco-new-generation-cartel-el-mencho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mexico-kills-leader-of-jalisco-new-generation-cartel-el-mencho\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexico kills leader of Jalisco New Generation Cartel &#8216;El Mencho&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmexico-kills-leader-of-jalisco-new-generation-cartel-el-mencho%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2572429&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Mexican security forces killed Nemesio oseguera Cervantes, known as El Mencho, the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), in a military operation in the western state of Jalisco. Cervantes had lead the cartel for more than 15 years and faced U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bondi-offers-50-million-for-information-leading-to-maduros-arrest\/\" title=\"Bondi offers  million for information ...ing to Maduro&#039;s arrest\">drug-trafficking charges<\/a>, with a $15 million reward offered for facts leading too his arrest. The CJNG had previously been designated a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawmakers-consider-enacting-statute-to-increase-punishments-for-domestic-terrorism\/\" title=\"Lawmakers consider enacting statute to increase punishments for domestic terrorism\">foreign terrorist organization<\/a> by the Trump administration as part of efforts to squeeze the cartel&#8217;s operations. The operation sparked violence in Jalisco, including roadblocks and vehicles burned by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wife-of-notorious-drug-lord-el-chapo-arrested-for-international-drug-trafficking-u-s-authorities\/\" title=\"Wife Of Notorious Drug Lord \u2018El Chapo\u2019 Arrested For International Drug Trafficking: U.S. ...\">cartel members<\/a>, as authorities attempted to contain the situation; the U.S. Embassy urged Americans to shelter in place in affected areas. While gunfire was reported at Guadalajara International Airport, officials said that the state\u2019s airports were operating normally.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Mexican security forces kill leader of Jalisco New Generation Cartel &lsquo;El Mencho&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2511532\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mexico\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"322\">Mexican<\/a> security forces killed the leader of one of the country&rsquo;s most powerful <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cartels\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"3861\">cartels<\/a> in a military operation on Sunday, according to the Mexican government.<\/p>\n<p>Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, the drug lord notoriously known as &ldquo;El Mencho,&rdquo; had led the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/3425722\/what-happens-when-cartel-kills-americans-trump-cjng-terrorism-drugs\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"3425722\">Jalisco New Generation Cartel<\/a>, or CJNG, since the group was created over 15 years ago.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4466725\/us-hospital-ship-greenland\/\">US sent hospital ship to Greenland, Trump says<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4466586\/thailand-birth-control-vaccine-elephant-population\/\">Thailand uses a birth control vaccine to curb its elephant population near expanding farms<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4466426\/japan-gifts-250-cherry-blossom-trees-tidal-basin\/\">Japan gifts 250 cherry blossom trees to be planted on tidal basin<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Trump designated eight Latin American cartels and criminal organizations, including CJNG, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawmaker-demands-investigation-into-actblue\/\" title=\"Lawmaker Demands Investigation Into ActBlue\">foreign terrorist organizations<\/a> last February.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4465843\/inside-trump-administration-efforts-pressure-cuba-communist-regime-out\/\"><strong>INSIDE THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION&rsquo;S EFFORTS TO PRESSURE CUBA&rsquo;S COMMUNIST REGIME OUT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cervantes faced federal charges in the United States for <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/drug-trafficking\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"17682\">drug trafficking<\/a> offenses related to his illegal business. He was wanted alive by the U.S. for $15 million. The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/state-department\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"107\">State Department<\/a> offered the reward for information leading to his arrest.<\/p>\n<p>As the security operation was carried out in the western state of Jalisco, the U.S. Embassy in Mexico advised U.S. citizens to &ldquo;shelter in place until further notice.&rdquo; Other areas were also affected by the shelter-in-place order.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mexico:&nbsp;Due to ongoing security&nbsp;operations and&nbsp;related&nbsp;road blockages and criminal activity,&nbsp;U.S. citizens in the following locations&nbsp;should shelter in place until further notice:&nbsp;Jalisco&nbsp;State (including Puerto Vallarta, Chapala, and Guadalajara), Tamaulipas State (including&hellip; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mYXVfMSvmT\">pic.twitter.com\/mYXVfMSvmT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TravelGov (@TravelGov) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TravelGov\/status\/2025636042007605353?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 22, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The scene in Jalisco and nearby states on Sunday was marked by violence. Cartels burned vehicles on streets to block Mexican authorities, according to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/blogdelnarcomex\/status\/2025607003570090356\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/blogdelnarcomex\/status\/2025607003570090356\">video footage<\/a>. Shootings led by <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >rampaging cartel members reportedly happened<\/a> in the aftermath of Cervantes&rsquo;s death.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Federal forces carried out an operation in Tapalpa a few hours ago, which has led to clashes in the area,&rdquo; Jalisco Gov. Pablo Lemus Navarro <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PabloLemusN\/status\/2025589614463823889\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PabloLemusN\/status\/2025589614463823889\">posted on X<\/a>. &ldquo;Also as a result of said operation in various points of that region and in other parts of Jalisco, individuals have burned and blocked vehicles with the aim of hindering the actions of authorities.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4465324\/trump-considering-small-iran-strike\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4465324\/trump-considering-small-iran-strike\/\">TRUMP &lsquo;CONSIDERING&rsquo; SMALL-SCALE IRAN STRIKE AS NEGOTIATING TACTIC<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He further wrote, &ldquo;I have given the instruction to immediately establish the security coordination table with authorities from all three levels of government and to activate the red code in order to prevent acts against the population.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>There was also gunfire reported at Guadalajara International Airport in Jalisco, but the Mexican Security Cabinet <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GabSeguridadMX\/status\/2025643573568208952\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GabSeguridadMX\/status\/2025643573568208952\">said<\/a> all airports in the state were &ldquo;operating normally&rdquo; and &ldquo;no relevant incidents&rdquo; were recorded at the facilities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mexican forces kill CJNG leader El Mencho<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2159,"featured_media":2572430,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP26053652282550.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[32327,74324,74325,74326,5370],"class_list":["post-2572429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-breaking-news","tag-cjng","tag-el-mencho","tag-jalisco-new-generation-cartel","tag-mexico"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP26053652282550.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2572429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2572429"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2572429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2572433,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2572429\/revisions\/2572433"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2572430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2572429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2572429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2572429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}