Mexican officials sent 2,000 additional military personnel to Jalisco state on Monday following violent unrest. The deployment comes after authorities captured and killed Nemesio Oseguera, the country's most wanted cartel leader known as 'El Mencho.'
MEXICO CITY – Mexican officials dispatched 2,000 additional military personnel to Jalisco state on Monday as violence erupted following the capture and killing of the nation’s top-priority cartel boss.
The military reinforcements were sent to the western Mexican state after authorities apprehended and killed Nemesio Oseguera, who went by the alias “El Mencho” and was considered Mexico’s most wanted cartel leader.
The troop deployment represents the government’s response to unrest that broke out in Jalisco following Oseguera’s death while in custody.
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