"The successful targeting of Mexico's most violent and powerful narcotrafficker is arguably the country's biggest tactical success since security forces recaptured the infamous Joaquin El Chapo Guzman a decade ago. Yet in a cruel twist of irony, Mencho's demise could also make the problem of narcotrafficking even worse than it is today."
"Mencho was the definition of a brutal criminal who took no mercy on his enemies. Like El Chapo before him, Mencho grew up poor in a rural area. He migrated to the United States in the 1980s, only to be arrested three times on drug charges, jailed in a California penitentiary for three years and deported back to Mexico in the early 1990s."
"After the cartel's leadership was decapitated by Mexican security forces, Mencho took matters into his own hands by creating a new faction that would come to be known as the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG). In a few short years, this criminal organization began to rival El Chapo's Sinaloa Cartel, only to surpass it after Chapo's former organization went to war against itself in 2024."
El Mencho's elimination in a Jalisco security operation marks a pivotal moment in Mexico's drug war, comparable to historic international events. Rising from poverty and deportation, Mencho built the Jalisco New Generation Cartel into Mexico's most powerful criminal organization, surpassing El Chapo's Sinaloa Cartel. While President Sheinbaum celebrates this tactical success, experts warn of unintended consequences. Mencho's death may trigger internal cartel fragmentation and violent succession battles, potentially destabilizing criminal organizations and increasing overall violence. The operation demonstrates security force capability but highlights the complex dynamics of narcotrafficking, where eliminating top leaders can paradoxically create more chaos than stability.
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