US media reported that a special group of that country’s army participated intelligently in the operation in which Mexican forces killed Nemesio Oseguera“El Mencho“, leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG).
According to Reuters a defense official noted that the Joint Interagency Task Force against Cartels —attached to Northern Command— provided information in the raid carried out by the Secretary of National Defense (Defense). The official stressed that the incursion was “a Mexican military operation.”
In the same line, Fox News indicated that the JIATF-CC He provided “strong support” in intelligence tasks, although he emphasized that “success is theirs,” in reference to the Mexican Army.
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The version coincides with the official statement of the Defensewhich reported that the operation in A fight was planned and executed by Army Special Forceswith support from the Air Force and the National guardand which was carried out based on military intelligence work, the National Intelligence Center and the FGRin addition to “complementary information” provided by US authorities within the framework of bilateral cooperation.
Landau celebrates the dejection of ‘El Mencho’
For his part, the Deputy Secretary of State, Christopher Landaucelebrated the dejection by describing it as a relevant advance for the region, although it showed concern about the subsequent violence.
Minutes before, the United States Mission in Mexico had issued an alert for US citizens in Jalisco, Tamaulipas, Michoacán, Guerrero and Nuevo Leónbefore the deployment of armed groups.
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Washington maintained a reward of 15 million dollars for ‘El Mencho’, considered one of the most wanted criminals by both countries. The operation occurs while Mexican authorities maintain deployment in surrounding areas to contain the effects of one of the most significant blows against the CJNG in recent years.
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