Portrait of a drug lord: ‘El Mencho’, Mexico's most feared cartel kingpin

Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as "El Mencho", was the feared architect of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, one of Mexico’s most powerful criminal organisations. Over decades, he expanded the group’s operations across multiple states and international markets, becoming a central figure in the country’s narcotics trade and the top-ranked drug trafficker on the US most-wanted list.