Something is rotten in the state of Jalisco. Many analysts and journalists are now asking if El Mencho was really taken out by Mexican authorities at all.
The fall of "El Mencho" opens a new scenario for the CJNG: a decentralised cartel with a criminal franchise model and international presence that could survive the absence of its leader.
The White House confirmed the operation that killed Oseguera, known as "El Mencho," on Sunday in Tapalpa in Jalisco state, was carried out by Mexican authorities with US intelligence support.
Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) frontman Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, 59, was eliminated on Sunday in a joint Mexican military and US-backed operation in Tapalpa.