Mexican Army Kills Leader of Powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel during Operation to Capture Him

The Associated Press
13:33 JST,
February 23, 2026
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican army killed the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, “El Mencho,” on Sunday, decapitating what had become Mexico’s most powerful drug cartel and thrusting swaths of the nation into chaos.
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