In February 2026, Mexican forces killed the cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes — more commonly known as "El Mencho" in an organized raid on the leader's mountain hideout. Violence ensued as ...

Since last year, CIA operatives inside Mexico have directly participated in deadly attacks on several, mostly mid-level cartel members, the sources said.

On February 22, cartel boss Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as “El Mencho,” was killed in a hideout in the town of Tapalpa, a well-known tourist center in Mexico’s Jalisco state. The Mexican ...

Over the past two decades, drug cartels in Mexico have grown exponentially to the point that in some parts of the country organized crime groups exert more control than the federal government. To ...

MEXICO CITY: Mexican drug cartels are increasingly calculated in their targeting decisions, often avoiding deliberately attacking American tourists and citizens out of concern it could prompt ...

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during a briefing at Palacio Nacional in Mexico City last month. (Cristopher Rogel Blanquet / Getty Images) President Trump has deployed military might to ...

A relative of the killed leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, "El Mencho," is a California native, according to federal records, as other Mexican cartels try ...

The Mexican army guarding the Forensic Expert Center of the Attorney General's Office where the body of the drug lord of the Jalisco New Generation cartel, Nemesio Oceguera known as "El Mencho", is ...

GUAJES DE AYALA, Mexico (AP) — Jesús Domínguez pushes through thick brush lining a rugged mountainside with an AK-47 slung over his shoulder and a grenade fastened to his leather belt. He marches ...