Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, more commonly known as ‘El Mencho’, is one of them. Coming from a humble rural background in the western state of Michoacán, he achieved a meteoric rise to the top of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), one of the most feared and dangerous cartels in modern Mexico. And it was achieved through aggression, ambition, cruelty and ruthlessness.
