‘El Mencho’ is Dead. The Cartel Mobilizes

COMMENTARY by Susan Katz Keating

Mexican officials had not yet confirmed the cartel kingpin’s death when violent reprisals erupted across the country.

Mexican security forces killed Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as “El Mencho,” in what authorities described as a significant blow to organized crime. Oseguera, the longtime boss of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), was killed Sunday morning during a pre-dawn raid in western Mexico, officials said.

Before officials confirmed the news...