Mexico and the United States identify the 41-year-old as the possible successor to the powerful organization. Part of an old Michoacán clan and stepson of El Mencho, criminal lineage looms large in th ...

Cultivating sources. Verifying claims. Staying safe. After the death of El Mencho, four journalists share their approach to this difficult, dangerous work. By Megan DiTrolio, Paulina Villegas, Jack ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican army killed the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, “El Mencho,” on Sunday, decapitating what had become Mexico’s most ...

Erick Valencia Salazar, aka "El 85," formed the Jalisco New Generation Cartel with "El Mencho" who was killed by the Mexican army in February.

MEXICO CITY, Mexico — The Mexican army killed the country’s most powerful cartel leader and one of the United States’ most wanted fugitives on Sunday, notching a major victory while cartel members ...

Authorities in Colombia and the United States dismantled a money laundering network linked to the Jalisco New Generation ...

American-born cartel boss Juan Carlos Valencia González rises to power in Mexico’s violent CJNG, sparking U.S. legal, ...

Members of the Mexican National Guard patrol the vicinity of the Jalisco Institute of Forensic Sciences, which is helping to investigate the aftermath of raid that led to the death of the leader of ...

FILE PHOTO: Members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), led by Nemesio Oseguera, known as “El Mencho,” pose for a photo at an undisclosed location in Michoacan state, Mexico, July 1, 2021.

Érick Valencia Salazar was among a group of 29 alleged drug lords extradited to the US from Mexico.

Erick Valencia Salazar, a co-founder of one of Mexico’s deadliest gangs, faces 10 years to life in prison after making a plea deal in a Washington court.