Mexican security forces reportedly kill drug cartel boss ‘El Mencho’

One of the world’s most wanted drug traffickers – the Mexican cartel boss known as “El Mencho” – has reportedly been killed by his country’s security forces.The drug lord, whose real name is Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, was killed on Sunday in the western state of Jalisco, Mexican newspapers reported, citing government sources.The 59-year-old gangster was the leader of a group that in recent years has become Mexico’s most powerful and notorious criminal organisation: the Jalisco-new-generation-cartel" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="15215" data-entity-type="organization">Jalisco New Generation Cartel.The US had offered a $15m (£11m) reward for the capture of a drug boss accused of smuggling huge quantities of cocaine, fentanyl and methamphetamine across its southern border.In a sign of El Mencho’s huge influence across Mexico, as well as other parts of Latin America, his killing sparked an immediate outbreak of disorder across the region he ruled.Media reports said burning vehicles and “narco” roadblocks could be seen across the states of Jalisco, Guanajuato, Nayarit, Michoacán and Tamaulipas. Video footage showed huge clouds of smoke rising into the skies above Puerto Vallarta, a major tourist city on Mexico’s west coast.​Jalisco’s state governor, Pablo Lemus Navarro, urged its 8 million citizens to stay at home “until the situation is brought back under control”. Lemus said public transport services were being suspended and said locals should not travel on the state’s roads because of the “violent events” that had spread to at least five parts of the country.More details soon …