El Mencho consolidated Mexico’s most powerful criminal organisations in part due to a unique franchise-based structure.

At least 20 states were plunged into cartel-fuelled chaos as a result, with violence surging as authorities tightened security across the region.

Today, the violence is the result of the rapid growth of the CJNG, which emerged in 2010 after the fragmentation of the Sinaloa and Milenio cartels. Since then, the group has spent years developing a ...

The killing of Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera Cervantes, leader of the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), marked a ...

FIFA World Cup 2026. Violence in Mexico has raised safety concerns for matches at this summers World Cup. In our partnership with The Athletic we investigate how it might impact the tournament.

The National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) has released a new installment in its Tracking Cartels infographic series, focusing on the violent rise of the ...

For years, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes — better known as El Mencho — was Mexico’s most wanted drug lord. As the powerful leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), he built one of the most ...

The killing of El Mencho was a symbolic victory for Mexico and Washington, but Texas and the U.S. should be prepared to what ...

Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, alias El Mencho, 59, died in custody after being injured in the military operation by Mexican ...

The line of inheritance, on which El Mencho took 15 years to build has broken down as his biological son named El Menchito ...

EL PAÍS gained access to the cabin complex, nestled in a luxurious mountain retreat in Jalisco, where the world’s most wanted drug trafficker and his security detail staged their last stand with the M ...