Inside El Mencho's arsenal: high-powered arms, 400 gunmen, land mines
Los Angeles Times • • nation
Key Points:
- Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, known as "El Mencho," was killed in a Mexican army raid in Jalisco, ending the reign of one of Mexico's most powerful and feared drug lords who employed a highly advanced security system including nearly 400 gunmen, drones, land mines, and military-grade weaponry.
- Oseguera's security measures were modeled after military special forces, featuring reinforced vehicles with Gatling guns, counter-drone radar scramblers, and a network of hackers to infiltrate government intelligence; his compounds were heavily guarded with concentric circles of armed men and land mines.
- The raid was the result of months of intelligence gathering involving U.S. support, including Predator drone surveillance and information
