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Narco's Killing Unleashes Chaos

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March 13, 2026

When Claudia Sheinbaum was elected Mexico's president in 2024, she ruled out a war on drug cartels, vowing to keep her predecessor's strategy of “hugs not bullets” targeting causes of crime instead. But on February 22, Mexico's army killed Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, aka “El Mencho,” head of the nation’s most powerful cartel.

Narco's Killing Unleashes Chaos

PROTECTION National Guard units outside the Fiscalia General de la Republica in Mexico City on February 22, where a probe into the operation in which Oseguera Cervantes (below) died was underway.

The operation, following pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump to deal with drug gangs, led to countrywide violence from Jalisco New Generation Cartel that experts fear will continue, raising questions over Mexico's security and its relationship with the U.S.

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