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UPDATE: CJNG Decapitation Strike Mirrors 2019 Operation Targeting El Chapo’s Son — 25 dead as Mexico pays blood price for not blinking

One day after Mexican Special Forces killed CJNG kingpin El Mencho, the country is counting its soldiers dead, tourists trapped, and cities smouldering. Will Mexico back off like it did in 2019?

Feb 23, 2026
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JALISCO – On the morning of October 17, 2019, the Mexican state tried to arrest a Sinaloa Cartel boss and lost. Soldiers cornered Ovidio Guzmán — son of El Chapo — in the city of Culiacán, cradle of …

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