About this episode

The episode discusses the death of El Mencho and its implications for the CJNG and Mexico's cartel wars.

We told you his life story in our 2022 episode, and now we're back with the sequel. El Mencho rose from poverty to build the CJNG into Mexico’s most violent and influential cartel, trafficking fent, meth and coke across the hemisphere. After years on the run with a huge U.S. bounty on his head, Mexican forces killed him in a daring military operation last week in Jalisco. The cartel responded with unprecedented retaliation: burning vehicles, massive roadblocks and bloody clashes with security forces that left dozens dead and airports and flights disrupted. His death has left a power vacuum in CJNG, sparking fear of a new wave of turf wars and uncertainty about what comes next in Mexico’s cartel wars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Topics covered

• cartel wars
• drug trafficking
• violence in Mexico
• El Mencho
• CJNG
• power vacuum
• retaliation

Keywords

• El Mencho
• CJNG
• Mexico
• drug trafficking
• cartel violence
• Jalisco
• military operation
• retaliation
• turf wars

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CJNG

Places: Mexico, Jalisco

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