Mexico sends 2,000 soldiers to Jalisco after cartel leader’s death

Monday, February 23, 2026 at 7:40 PM

MEXICO CITY, Feb 23 (Reuters) – Mexican authorities on Monday deployed an additional 2,000 military troops to the western state  of Jalisco following violence in the wake of the capture and death of Mexico’s most-wanted cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera, known as “El Mencho.”

(Reporting by Lizveth Diaz, Editing by Daina Beth Solomon)


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