Mexican security forces on Sunday carried out one of the most important and largest operations in the country's modern history. Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera Cervantes, founder and leader of a powerful drug cartel, was liquidated.

The Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), one of Mexico's most notorious criminal organisations, has suffered a major blow with the death of its leader, Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera Cervantes, during