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Deep Dive: He was one of the world’s most feared drug lords accused of flooding the US with fentanyl and expanding its grip across Mexico.
Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as El Mencho, was killed in a US-backed military raid on Sunday, sparking cartel retaliation that saw several Mexican cities thrown into chaos.
In this episode of The Briefing, Chris Spyrou speaks with cartel expert Angelica Duran-Martinez about who El Mencho was, whether removing a kingpin changes the drug trade and what this chaos means for Mexico just months out from hosting the FIFA World Cup.
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