Mexico’s Military Arrests Wife of Powerful Drug Lord ‘El Mencho’

Mexico’s Military Arrests Wife of Powerful Drug Lord ‘El Mencho’
Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes US Treasury Department / Foreign Assets Control
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MEXICO CITY—Mexico’s military on Tuesday arrested the wife of drug lord Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias “El Mencho,” in the western state of Jalisco, sparking concerns about possible violent reprisals by his gang, Mexican officials said.

Rosalinda Gonzalez Valencia was caught in Zapopan, part of the conurbation of the city of Guadalajara, in a “a significant blow to the financial structure of organized crime in the state of Jalisco,” the defense ministry said in a statement.