US-military-led task force contributed to intelligence efforts on El Mencho operation
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'El Mencho'
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Mexican authorities killed Nemesio Oseguera, the 60-year-old leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) known as 'El Mencho', during a military operation in Jalisco state on Sunday.The raid, designed to capture him, was carried out solely by Mexican forces with no physical involvement from U.S. personnel, according to a Mexican government source and Mexico's defense ministry. The ministry stated that U.S. authorities supplied "complementary information," without elaborating. Press Secretary Leavitt confirmed on X that the U.S. shared intelligence to support the Mexican government and thanked the Mexican military for their cooperation and successful execution of the operation.

A U.S.

Joint Interagency Task Force-Counter Cartel (JIATF-CC),

"sure that every move was monitored by U.S. security agencies in constant communication with the Mexican government."

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