The body of the notorious cartel leader known as “El Mencho,” who was killed in a military operation last week, was returned to his family, Mexico’s attorney general’s office said on Saturday.
Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, who had a $15 million U.S. bounty on his head, was wounded by Mexican security forces in Jalisco and died while being flown to Mexico City, officials said. The death of “El Mencho” — who led the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel — sparked a wave of violence by the cartel across a large swath of Mexico, killing dozens of people, including 25 members of Mexico’s National Guard.
In a statement released Saturday, Mexico’s attorney general’s office said it performed genetic tests to match the cartel leader’s remains to the family who requested the body. The office did not indicate where the handover took place or identify the relatives who took the body.
