At Least 25 Soldiers Killed After Raid on Mexico’s Most Wanted Cartel Leader, Official Says

At least 25 members of the Mexican National Guard were killed in Jalisco in six attacks after the killing of Jalisco New Generation Cartel leader Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera Cervantes, the country's top security official said on Feb. 23.

Mexican Security Secretary Omar García Harfuch confirmed the death toll in a news conference along with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on the morning of Feb. 23, responding to cartel violence that erupted after Oseguera Cervantes was killed in a Feb. 22 operation carried out by the Mexican government.

Also killed were a prison guard, an agent from the state prosecutor’s office, and a woman who was not identified, García Harfuch said. He also said that some 30 criminal suspects were killed in the state of Jalisco and four others in the state of Michoacan.

El Mencho's death triggered "27 cowardly attacks against authorities in Jalisco," Harfuch said at the president's daily press conference on Feb. 23, and he said that at least 70 people were arrested in seven states.
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