Land where notorious cartel leader was killed is being auctioned
The Mexican government is auctioning a plot of land where notorious cartel leader El Mencho was killed. The starting price for the property is set at $750,000. This auction is part of a larger sale of 211 properties previously seized by authorities.
- ▪The land is located in the Tapalpa Country Club, the site of El Mencho's death during a military operation.
- ▪Authorities have not disclosed the previous owner of the land, nor directly linked it to El Mencho.
- ▪The auction follows a series of government sales of properties tied to drug cartels, including those of El Chapo.
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World The land where notorious cartel leader "El Mencho" was killed is being auctioned. The starting price is $750,000. May 25, 2026 / 10:40 AM EDT / CBS/AFP Add CBS News on Google The Mexican government has announced the auction of a plot of land within the country club where drug kingpin Nemesio Oseguera, known as "El Mencho," died during a clash with the army in February.Authorities have not disclosed who owned the land before it was seized by the government and do not directly link the property to El Mencho, leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG). But it is located in the exact area where the cartel leader was killed in Tapalpa, in the western state of Jalisco, on Feb.
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