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The Mexican army has killed the country’s most powerful cartel leader and one of the United States’ most wanted fugitives, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, sparking a wave of retaliatory violence across the nation.
The death of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) boss, during an attempt to capture him in Jalisco state on Sunday, marks the most significant blow against organised crime since the recapture of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán a decade ago.
Following Oseguera Cervantes’s demise, cartel members unleashed widespread unrest. Roads in 20 Mexican states were blocked by burning cars, sending plumes of smoke into the air.
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