US and Mexican officials acknowledged intelligence-sharing bolstered an operation in which cartel kingpin El Mencho was fatally injured
US intelligence agencies provided crucial information for the Mexican operation that led to the death of one of the country’s most powerful drug lords, multiple media outlets have reported.
Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as El Mencho, died from his injuries after being targeted on Sunday in Tapalpa in the western state of Jalisco, Mexico’s Defense Ministry said. The cartel responded with reprisal violence across the nation.
Mexican officials said the US provided “complementary” information for the operation…
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