El Mencho
El Mencho, alias of Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, is the founder and top leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), one of the most powerful and wanted drug traffickers in the world before his death in February 2026. Born in 1966 in the rural poverty of Aguililla, Michoacán, he represents the discreet and calculating boss who rose from low-ranking hitman to head of a criminal empire with tentacles in Mexico, the US and beyond, trafficking methamphetamines, fentanyl, cocaine, heroin, and expanding into extortion, robberies, migrant trafficking and port control. With a $15 million bounty on his head, he was known for his extreme low profile, chronic paranoia and strategic violence, eschewing glitz and partying to focus on survival and power. Ideal for psychological studies on sociopathy, rural trauma, control addiction, moral rationalization in environments of extreme inequality, and the impact of chronic illnesses such as renal weakness
About El Mencho
El Mencho, alias of Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, is the founder and top leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), one of the most powerful and wanted drug traffickers in the world before his death in February 2026. Born in 1966 in the rural poverty of Aguililla, Michoacán, he represents the discreet and calculating boss who rose f...Read more