Did the killing of ‘El Mencho’ in February change the cartel he led? US report offers clues

The death in February of Nemesio Rubén “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes did not lead to “large-scale fragmentation” of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), but there are signs that “some structural weakening” of the criminal organization “may have occurred,” according to a U.S. State Department-affiliated security body. Osegeura, the founder and erstwhile leader of the CJNG, was fatally wounde…