The head of Mexico's largest drug cartel, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), was reportedly taken out by the Mexican military thanks to his lover.
On the 23rd, according to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) and others, Mexico Defense Minister Ricardo Trevilla Trejo said at a news conference that authorities tracked the lover of boss Nemesio Oseguera, 60, also known as "El Mencho."
Mexican authorities, working with U.S. intelligence, identified a man close to one of Oseguera's lovers and said he took Oseguera's lover to a building in Tapalpa, Jalisco state, a CJNG stronghold. Tapalpa is a mountain resort surrounded by pine forests, making visibility difficult.
Trevilla said, "There, this lover met Oseguera, and on the 21st she left the location." Mexican authorities confirmed information that Oseguera remained at the site surrounded by security personnel even after the lover left, and they pursued Oseguera and several bodyguards, encircled them deep in a nearby forest, and engaged in a firefight.
In the process, Oseguera was wounded and died while being transported to Mexico City. Mexican authorities said more than 50 additional people were killed during the cartel's counterattack and that there were civilian casualties. The WSJ reported, "Mexico and the United States tracked the drug kingpin's lover to a remote love hideout before the deadly raid."