Mexico's military arrests wife of powerful drug lord "El Mencho"


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  • Wednesday, 17 Nov 2021

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's military on Tuesday arrested the wife of Mexican drug lord Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, best known as "El Mencho", in the western Jalisco state, Mexican officials said.

Rosalinda Gonzalez Valencia was detained in the municipality of Zapopan in Jalisco in a "a significant blow to the financial structure of organized crime in the state of Jalisco", the defense ministry said in a statement.

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