The killing of Jalisco cartel boss Nemesio Oseguera, aka “El Mencho,” could fuel a turf war among drug-trafficking gangs in Mexico, analysts say, with the rival Sinaloa cartel already riven by infighting.
The Jalisco and Sinaloa cartels have long fought to dominate the lucrative US market for illegal drugs, including cocaine, heroin and fentanyl trafficking, and they increasingly compete for control of illegal migration into the US.
The US government has described the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (known by the Spanish-language abbreviation CJNG) as “one of the five most dangerous criminal organizations in the world,” with operations earning billions of dollars in revenue.
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