Mayor shot dead in Mexico drug war flashpoint as governor vows to "punish those responsible"
MARCH 11, 2022 / 7:26 AM / CBS/AFP
Gunmen on Thursday killed the mayor of a town in Mexico's western state of Michoacan shaken by a deadly turf war between rival drug cartels, authorities said. Elsewhere in the avocado-producing region, clashes between suspected gang members left several people dead, according to prosecutors.
Aguililla Mayor Cesar Valencia was shot dead by unknown attackers while traveling in a city hall vehicle near a soccer field in the town, military personnel who were dispatched to the scene told AFP. He suffered at least two gunshot wounds to the chest and neck, according to the military.
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Aguililla is the birthplace of Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera, head of the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel. The Department of Justice considers the Jalisco cartel "one of the five most dangerous transnational criminal organizations in the world." Oseguera, 55, is one of the United States' most-wanted fugitives, with a $10 million bounty on his head.
"He is the number one priority for DEA and frankly for federal law enforcement in the United States," said Matthew Donahue, the DEA's top agent in Mexico, told CBS News. "He has got an enormous amount of weapons, RPGs, 50 caliber weapons. He basically has his own SWAT teams."
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