Mexican drug lord "El Mencho" killed in military operation-government source


The burned wreckage of a truck, used as a barricade by members of organized crime following a series of detentions by federal forces, lies in Guadalajara, Mexico, February 22, 2026. REUTERS/Michelle Freyria

MEXICO CITY, Feb 22 (Reuters) - ⁠Mexican drug lord "El Mencho" ‌has been killed in a military operation, a government source ​familiar with the ⁠operation told Reuters ⁠on Sunday.

The news followed a ⁠federal ‌security operation in thestate of ⁠Jalisco's city of Tapalpa, according to ​a ‌post bygovernor Pablo Lemus ⁠Navarro on ​X.

After the operation,multiple vehicles were set on fire ⁠throughout Jalisco and ​other states, according to media outlets and officials.

Alfredo Ramirez Bedolla, ⁠the governor of the state of Michoacan, wrote on X that he ​had received ⁠reports of highways being blocked ​in Michoacan ‌as a result of ​the operation in Jalisco.

(Reporting by Emily Green)

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