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‘El Mencho’: From California drug dealer to cartel kingpin

February 23, 2026 · World News

Long before he had a $15-million bounty on his head as the leader of Mexico’s ruthless Jalisco New Generation cartel, Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes was a scruffy-haired kid…

Cartel boss ‘El Mayo’ to plead guilty. Will he spill secrets about corruption in Mexico?

August 25, 2025 · Los Angeles, California Local News

BROOKLYN — For more than four decades, Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada ruled from the shadows. While other top Mexican drug traffickers were killed or extradited to the United States to…