According to estimates from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration ( DEA ), Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes was considered one of the richest drug lords in the world. U.S. authorities calculated that his net worth could exceed $1 billion, although other assessments place it at no less than $500 million.

He is identified as the top leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, commonly known as CJNG. Under his leadership, the group evolved from a

Here’s how the capture of the country’s most powerful cartel leader and one of the United States’ most wanted fugitives unfolded, according to Mexican authorities.

Before he become one of Mexico's strongest kingpins, 'El Mencho' had started his drug business career in San Francisco throughout the 1980s.

After serving three years in prison for heroin trafficking, Oseguera Cervantes was deported to Mexico. Back in Michoacan, he began working more closely with “Los Cuinis,” which were tied to drug lord Armando Valencia Cornelio, alias “El Maradona,” leader of the now defunct Milenio cartel.

After Mexican forces killed Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, head of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, in a U.S.-backed operation, retaliatory violence spread across several states. An expert speculated the raid was part of preparations for the 2026 World Cup.

Authorities used the location of a woman who was with Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, the drug kingpin known as "El Mencho," to find him.

The Mexican government has killed Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, the longtime leader of one of Mexico’s most powerful gangs, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel.

Nemesio Oseguera, known as El Mencho, headed the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, one of Mexico's most violent drug trafficking organizations. The United States had offered a $15 million bounty for his capture.

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

Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes has been in the crosshairs of Mexican law enforcement since at least 2015, when his associates allegedly shot down a military helicopter in Jalisco, Mexico, and killed