25 Mexican National Guard troops left dead during an operation that killed cartel leader 'El Mencho'

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By MEGAN JANETSKY and FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ
Updated 8:59 AM CST, February 23, 2026
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GUADALAJARA, Mexico (AP) — Mexico Security Secretary Omar García Harfuch said Monday 25 members of the National Guard were left dead in Jalisco in six separate attacks after the killing of Jalisco New Generation Cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes.

Oseguera Cervantes, known as “El Mencho” was the boss of one of the fastest-growing criminal networks in Mexico, notorious for trafficking fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine to the United States and staging brazen attacks against government officials who challenged it.

He was killed during a shoot-out in his home state of Jalisco as the Mexican military attempted to capture him. Cartel members responded with violence across the country, blocking roads and setting fire to vehicles.

Also killed were a prison guard, an agent from the state prosecutor’s office and a woman whom García Harfuch did not identify. He also said some 30 criminal suspects were killed in Jalisco and four others were killed in Michoacan.



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[riversedge]

1. May their families and friends find peace knowing they died protecting them and their country.

[Bayard]

3. I'm afraid trump will see this as an excuse to attack Mexico.....

He's already said he wants to send troops in there.

[Blues Heron]

2. The cost of prohibition