Mexico deploys 2,000 soldiers in Jalisco amid violence after ‘El Mencho’s’ death

Violence erupted across Mexico after country's most-wanted cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera was captured and killed in a military raid Sunday.

Security personnel stand guard outside the Specialized Prosecutor's Office for Organized Crime (FEMDO), where the body of El Mencho is suspected of being held by authorities, after a military operation in which a government source said Mexican drug lord Nemesio Oseguera, known as "El Mencho," was killed in Jalisco state, in Mexico City, Mexico, February 22, 2026 | Reuters

Mexico City: Mexican authorities on Monday deployed an additional 2,000 military troops to the western state  of Jalisco following violence in the wake of the capture and death of Mexico’s most-wanted cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera, known as “El Mencho.”

(Reporting by Lizveth Diaz, Editing by Daina Beth Solomon)

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