CSIS Issues Critical Questions Q&A: Criminal Kingpin 'El Mencho' Is Dead, What Comes Next?
February 27, 2026
February 27, 2026
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following Critical Questions Q&A on Feb. 26, 2026, involving Director Ryan C. Berg and associate fellow Henry Ziemer of the Americas Program:
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Criminal Kingpin "El Mencho" Is Dead, What Comes Next?
On Sunday, February 22, Mexico's Ministry of Defense reported that it had killed drug kingpin Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera Cervantes in an opera . . .
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Criminal Kingpin "El Mencho" Is Dead, What Comes Next?
On Sunday, February 22, Mexico's Ministry of Defense reported that it had killed drug kingpin Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera Cervantes in an opera . . .