The leader of Mexico’s most powerful cartel has been killed. El Mencho of CJNG was killed this morning in a raid by the Mexican Military. CJNG are carrying out attacks and creating unrest across Mexico in retaliation. The CJNG is the largest and most militarized of the cartels, and responsible for most US smuggling operations, including their own military grade drone force at the border. El Mencho has consolidated power in CJNG by killing off two former high ranking CJNG members who had split off to form a major rival cartel (Nueva Plaza Cartel) The new CJNG quickly grew to rival the size of the long standing Sinaloa cartel (under El Chapo) but is know for far worse violence and precision military operations - including shooting down Mexican Military helicopters with RPGs during raids. Because of El Mencho having such an ironclad hold over the cartel, the lack of a clear heir apparent and the organizations focus on violence against rival groups, it’s expected that El Mencho’s death will result in large in-fighting amongst the different divisions of the CJNG as division leaders, and regional leaders vie for power in this new vacuum. Unlike other cartels who have continued seamlessly after losing a leader, this could be a major win for the Mexican government for long term.(Adam Cochran (adamscochran.eth))