Drug kingpin Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes may be dead, but the Jalisco cartel he ran for years will likely outlive him—thanks, in part, to the criminal group’s embrace of technology.

El Mencho consolidated Mexico’s most powerful criminal organisations in part due to a unique franchise-based structure.

Operation targeting Nemesio ‘El Mencho’ Oseguera Cervantes triggers widespread violence, leaving 25 National Guard troops dead, while governments worldwide urge caution - Anadolu Ajansı

They’re responsible for part of the homelessness,” said Bill Bodner, former Special Agent in Charge of DEA Los Angeles.

Mexican forces killed cartel boss "El Mencho" and seized rocket launchers capable of downing aircraft, revealing CJNG's extensive military arsenal.

The Mexican Army launched a surprise operation on Sunday against Nemesio Oseguera, or "El Mencho," ​the shadowy leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. Known as CJNG for its Spanish acronym, the cartel has rapidly become Mexico's largest and bloodiest, dwarfing even the infamous Sinaloa Cartel in territorial reach.

Juan Carlos Valencia González, known as 'El 03', reportedly becomes the new leader of Mexico's CJNG after El Mencho's death, adding complexity to US-Mexico relations.

Mexico has been rocked by retaliatory attacks from the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generación, known in English as the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), following the death of its leader Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, aka "El Mencho.”