The body of notorious cartel boss “El Mencho” has been returned to his family by Mexican authorities

The body of the cartel leader known as “El Mencho,” who was there you have been killed from military service last week, has been returned to his family, Mexico’s attorney general’s office said Saturday.

Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, who had a $15 million bounty on his head, was wounded by Mexican soldiers in Jalisco and died in a crash in Mexico City, officials said. Death of “El Mencho” – who led the mighty Jalisco New Generation Cartel – caused a wave of company-wide violence across much of Mexico, killing dozens of people, including 25 members of the Mexican Guard.

In a statement released on Saturday, Mexico’s attorney general’s office said it had conducted a DNA test to match the remains of the group leader to the family that requested the body. The office did not say where it was transferred or identify the relatives who took the body.

A crucifix, religious candles and a handwritten hymn were found in Oseguera Cervante’s home after the operation, the Associated Press reported. Mexican authorities say they have tracked down one of him love partners in the hiding place.

A source briefed on the program told CBS News that the attack was the result of strong US-Mexico cooperation under Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum.

A defense official told CBS News the counter-cartel group the Pentagon established under the US Northern Command in January “took the role of the Joint Interagency Task Force working regularly with the Mexican military,” but the official emphasized that this was the work of the Mexican military, “so the success is theirs.”

Mexico’s Ministry of Defense said in a statement that “corresponding information has been provided to American authorities within the framework of collaboration and cooperation with the United States.”

Homeland security officials are also looking for a response from Wabe The cartel is based in the US trafficking and financial networks.

The cart, also known as CJNG, maintains the distribution, transportation and money transfer infrastructure throughout the US While officials told CBS News that there are no signs of an imminent threat in the US due to the operation that killed Oseguera Cervantes, law enforcement is monitoring any possible increase in violence, coercion or debt collection within the domestic trafficking corridor.

In February 2025, CJNG was one of several boxes nominated as foreign terrorist organizations by the Trump administration.