Cop turned crime boss, Nemesio 'El Mencho' Oseguera leaves bloody legacy

Mexican drug lord Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, also known as El Mencho, appears in undated photographs in a wanted poster on the U.S. Department of State website with a $15 million reward offered for information leading to his arrest. Mexico's defense ministry said a shootout in the western state of Jalisco left Oseguera seriously injured and he died during an air transfer to Mexico City. State Department/Handout via REUTERS.

MEXICO CITY, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Mexican drug lord Nemesio Oseguera, ⁠commonly known as 'El Mencho,' infamous for the bloody trail of bodies he left behind in battles with government forces and rival gangs, died in a military ⁠raid on Sunday.

An ex-police officer, Oseguera, 60, was the shadowy leader of the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), an international criminal enterprise widely viewed as ‌one of Mexico's most powerful.