Who is ‘El Mencho’, his cartel, and why does his death matter?

One of Mexico’s most notorious drug lords “El Mencho” was killed in a military operation on Sunday in Tapalpa, sparking widespread retaliatory violence. The 59-year-old, whose real name was Nemesio Ruben Oseguera Cervantes, was originally from the western state of Michoacan and had been heavily involved in drug trafficking since the 1990s. He previously spent almost […]