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Mexican authorities returned the body of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as "El Mencho," to his family on February 28, 2026, after DNA testing confirmed his identity — closing one chapter of a dramatic week that began with his killing in a military raid in Tapalpa, Jalisco on February 22. The death of the CJNG leader, who carried a $15 million U.S. bounty, triggered retaliatory cartel violence across 20 Mexican states that killed at least 25 National Guard members and dozens more, raising urgent questions about the future of Mexico's most powerful cartel and the broader war on drug trafficking.