The White House confirmed that the United States aided the Mexican government’s operation to kill cartel leader Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes on Sunday.
“The United States provided intelligence support to the Mexican government in order to assist with an operation in Talpalpa, Jalisco, Mexico, in which Nemesio Ruben ‘El Mencho’ Oseguera Cervantes, an infamous drug lord and leader within the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, was eliminated,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt wrote in an X post on Sunday evening.
Leavitt’s comment came after anonymous defense officials told media outlets that an interagency U.S. task force had a role in the Mexican military’s operation against Oseguera Cervantes, the former head of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), who was considered among the most notorious cartel leaders….
US Intelligence Helped Mexico in Raid That Killed ‘El Mencho,’ White House Confirms
