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Jalisco New Generation Cartel leader 'El Mencho' killed in major army operation

Infamous Jalisco New Generation Cartel leader 'El Mencho' has been killed in major operation carried out by the army in municipality of Talpa de Allende in Mexico

[Pictured: As leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, Nemesio 'El Mencho' Oseguera turned the drug trafficking organization into one of the nine drug cartels that is a major threat to the United States by flooding its streets with fentanyl, heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration Daughter of fugitive Mexican cartel leader is RELEASED from federal prison in the US just three months into her 30-month term According to Federal Bureau of Prisons and U.S. Marshal, Jessica Oseguera is no longer in federal custody She was sentenced in Washington DC on June 11 to two and a half years in prison and was slated to be released April 13, 2022]

Leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel 'El Mencho' has been killed

The leader of Mexico's notorious Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), 'El Mencho', has been killed in an operation carried out by the army, according to publications in the country.

Real name, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, El Mencho was known as the top boss of the CJNG as federal forces confirmed his death today (February 22).

Confirmation of his death comes after sources to Mexican publication MILENIO cited top officials claiming a death in Jalisco following an army operation.

Locals would have been made aware of a huge operation after several hours of roadblocks with burning vehicles in Jalisco and other nearby states.

[El Mencho ]

El Mencho has long been a target for the US State Department (Image: US Department of State)

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According to The Washington Post, this tactic is commonly used by the cartels as they look to prevent military carrying out operations against them.

The US State Department had previously offered a reward of up to $15million for information on El Mencho that would lead to his arrest.

Trump's administration even designated the CJNG as a foreign terrorist organization earlier this year as part of the US President's cartel crackdown.

[ The Jalisco New Generation Cartel ]

The Jalisco New Generation Cartel are known for brutality, even to its new recruits (Image: Supplied )

The Mexican government is reportedly remaining vigilant in the area with increased presence of security officials in case of retaliation or violence from the cartel.

The CJNG have seen a rapid expansion across Mexico in recent years, led by quiet kingpin El Mencho.

Its members routinely carry out brutal acts of violence to intimidate their rivals and has been even known to have downed an army helicopter with a rocket-propelled grenade.

[MEXICO CITY, MEXICO - JUNE 30: Military inspect vehicles as protocol security before drivers enter to Medica Sur Hospital, where Mexico City's chief of police, Omar Garcia Harfuch remains hospitalized after he was injured last Friday during a shooting in a dramatic assassination attempt by drug gangs, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG). On June 30, 2020 In Mexico City, Mexico- PHOTOGRAPH BY Juan Carlos Williams / Eyepix Group / Future Publishing (Photo credit should read Juan Carlos Williams / Eyepix Group/Future Publishing via Getty Images)]

The Mexican army carried out a major operation in Jalisco (stock)(Image: Future Publishing via Getty Images)

Claims were made they would make new recruits to feast on human flesh and carry out beheadings in its infamous terror schools.

One anonymous recruit previously told the DailyBeast.com : Ive been there and there was a lot of [cannibalism]. They recruit them and then they start working on them. First, CJNG members are taught how to cut off their victims fingers and toes, one of the cartels preferred torture methods.

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