The Fall of El Mencho: World’s Most Wanted Drug Lord Met His End in a “Girlfriend Trap”0

• Economy & Jobs, HEALTH, Medical, Politics & Policy
• February 26, 2026

Mexico City, February 2026 — The two-decade manhunt for Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, the elusive kingpin known as “El Mencho,” has ended in a hail of gunfire. The leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), once a phantom who governed a multi-billion dollar drug empire from the shadows, was neutralized in a high-stakes military operation.