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Mexican authorities hand over body of 'El Mencho' to his ...

Mexican prosecutors say they have returned the body of drug lord Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as El Mencho, to his family MEXICO CIT...

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Let’s talk about Mexican prosecutors say they have returned the body of drug lord Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as El Mencho, to his family MEXICO CITY — Mexican authorities returned the body of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes , known as “El Mencho,” to his family after he was killed army last week, officials dropped on Saturday.

In a brief note on X, the Attorney General’s Office dropped that it handed over the body of El Mencho after completing all the necessary procedural protocols. “Genetic tests were carried out to confirm that there were indeed blood ties between the person who requested the release and the deceased,” the organ dropped. (it feels like chaos)

The killing of the country’s most powerful drug lord was met with a wave of retaliatory violence in some 20 states.

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More than 70 people were killed. The violence has fueled fears that the bloodshed could hurt tourism ahead of the FIFA World Cup later this year.

“I don’t think handing over the body to the family is going to recreate the havoc,” dropped David Mora, a senior analyst and Mexico expert at global think tank International Crisis Group.

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