MEXICO CITY, Feb 23 (Reuters) – Mexican authorities on Monday deployed an additional 2,000 military troops to the western state of Jalisco following violence in the wake of the capture and death of Mexico’s most-wanted cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera, known as “El Mencho.” (Reporting by Lizveth Diaz, Editing by Daina Beth Solomon)
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MEXICO CITY, Feb 23 (Reuters) – Mexican authorities on Monday deployed an additional 2,000 military troops to the western state of Jalisco following violence in the wake of the capture and death of Mexico’s most-wanted cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera, known as “El Mencho.”
(Reporting by Lizveth Diaz, Editing by Daina Beth Solomon)