"For it was here that the drug lord's reign came to a dramatic end on Sunday morning after Mexican special forces reportedly with the help of CIA intelligence and a US Predator drone tracked him to a lodge in the gated community where he had been holed up with a girlfriend."
"A restaurateur who works nearby recalled seeing four truck-loads of cartel fighters racing to the scene at about 8am on Sunday, after helicopter-borne army troops launched their surprise attack about an hour earlier. They were going into battle, they said, describing a ferocious five-hour shootout."
"As El Mencho, whose real name was Nemesio Ruben Oseguera Cervantes, and two bodyguards scarpered into the woodland around his bucolic hideout, cartel members took to the streets to raise hell."
El Mencho, one of the world's most powerful drug lords, was killed during a military operation in Tapalpa, Jalisco state, Mexico. Mexican special forces, with CIA assistance and a US Predator drone, tracked him to a lodge in a gated community where he was hiding with a girlfriend. The operation involved helicopter-borne army troops launching a surprise attack that resulted in a five-hour firefight. As El Mencho and two bodyguards fled into nearby woodland, cartel members responded violently, torching buildings and blocking roads throughout the tourist town. The operation marked a significant blow against organized crime in Mexico.
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