“Mexico’s military killed the country’s most powerful drug kingpin, Nemesio ‘Mencho’ Oseguera, escalating the government’s war against cartels amid pressure from President Trump to curb drug trafficking and sparking a widespread, violent gang response,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
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