https://theworldwatch.com/tags/el-mencho/ Mon 04 May 2026 22:03:24 +0200 https://theworldwatch.com/videos/1611992/the-streets-of-culiacan-mexico/
One of the most powerful and feared criminal organisations in Mexico has unleashed a wave of violence across 20 Mexican states, following the death of drug lord Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, better known as "El Mencho", shortly after being captured amid a bloody firefight in Jalisco. Members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) have turned many towns and cities where the cartel is active into war zones. BBC international correspondent Quentin Sommerville travelled to Culiacán in northern Sinaloa state, another Mexican cartel hotspot at war with itself after the removal of its cartel leader in 2024, Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, who is now in prison in the US. The BBC followed two paramedics in Culiacán, Julio César Vega and Héctor Torres, who attend to victims following violent incidents. Héctor said the violence in Culiacán had never been so bad or gone on for so long. ]]> Thu 26 Feb 2026 12:48:05 +0200 https://theworldwatch.com/videos/1611992/the-streets-of-culiacan-mexico/ https://theworldwatch.com/videos/1611841/el-mencho-makes-a-phone-call-and-tells-the-police-to-backoff-and-stand-down/
CJNG (Mexican cartel) leader El Mencho calls the police and tells them to back off and stand down. The police officer on the phone quickly complies. ]]> Mon 23 Feb 2026 15:32:01 +0200 https://theworldwatch.com/videos/1611841/el-mencho-makes-a-phone-call-and-tells-the-police-to-backoff-and-stand-down/ https://theworldwatch.com/videos/1611797/mexican-military-killed-cartel-leader-el-mencho-and-now-mexico-is-paying-for-it/
Cartel members are destroying cities and even kidnapping American citizens. ]]> Mon 23 Feb 2026 11:00:00 +0200 https://theworldwatch.com/videos/1611797/mexican-military-killed-cartel-leader-el-mencho-and-now-mexico-is-paying-for-it/