More than 70 dead after Mexico's biggest drug lord 'El Mencho' killed

At least 73 people died during the operation to capture and in the immediate aftermath of the reported killing of Jalisco New Generation Cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as "El Mencho." Mexican military officials say the operation that killed him was aided by U.S. intelligence and was followed by immediate retaliatory attacks, including strikes around Puerto Vallarta and an airport, with violence spreading to multiple states. The leader's death, together with prior quiet extraditions of nearly 100 suspected cartel members to the U.S. (including his brother), suggests a coordinated campaign that could fuel further reprisals and a destabilizing power struggle within the cartel.