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Like the Lernaean Hydra of Greek mythology, the serpentine monster that grew two new heads for every one cut off, organized crime in Latin America is proving difficult to defeat with the kind of decapitation strategy apparently favored by President Donald Trump.
For every drug kingpin who falls, several others are willing to succeed him.
A case in point occurred last month when Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias “El Mencho,” was mortally wounded in a Mexican military operation supported by US intelligence.
His death sparked violent retaliation across Mexico, resulting in the deaths of 60 people, the government said, and raising the prospect of…