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Authorities Release Cartel Leader El Mencho’s Body to Relatives After DNA Match

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Mar 01, 2026
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El Menchito' trial offers cautionary tale for cartel 'narco juniors' - Los  Angeles Times

Mexican authorities have returned the body of cartel boss Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as “El Mencho,” to his family after confirming the identity through genetic testing, the country’s attorney general’s office said Saturday. The leader of the powerful Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) was killed last week in a military operation in Jalisco t…

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