El Mencho or Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, the feared leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), was killed by the Mexican army on Sunday.
El Mencho or Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, the feared leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), was killed by the Mexican army on Sunday. His death sparked an uproar around Ryan Wedding, a former Canadian Olympian and alleged drug dealer.
After years on the run, Wedding was arrested in Mexico in January and extradited to the United States. He is accused of running a cross-border drug smuggling operation as well as murder. According to reports, authorities believed Wedding was in Mexico under the protection of the Sinaloa Cartel.
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The military action against El Mencho comes one month after news of Wedge’s arrest, leading many online to speculate whether there was a connection between the two.
El Mencho-Ryan wedding buzz
Many speculated that Wedding may have helped authorities with some information that allowed them to track down El Mencho, in an attempt to reduce his sentence.
“Maybe it was a coincidence, but I find it strange that Ryan Wind turned himself in and now they are killing El Mencho,” one person wrote on X. Another added: “Drug kingpin Ryan Wedding was arrested not long ago in Mexico City. Then chaos broke out with El Mencho’s death, I bet Ryan Wedding tipped him off. Anyone else?”
Another person speculated about the possibility of Nicolas Maduro being involved. “Maduro and Ryan Wedding were allegedly involved in tracking down El Mencho?” they asked on X.
Maduro, accused of aiding the cartel’s activities, was arrested by the US military on the orders of President Donald Trump and flown to the US from Venezuela, where he faces indictments. The Venezuelan president denied the accusations brought against him by the United States.
FBI Director Kash Patel described the wedding as “a modern-day Pablo Escobar”, while US authorities also reportedly compared him to Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.
Fact-checking Ryan Wedding-El Mencho’s claims
Despite speculation, there is nothing concrete linking Wedding and El Mencho. It is certain that the claims about the wedding were made by unverified profiles. Neither Mexican nor American authorities indicated that Wedding had any role in the operation against El Mencho.
However, an update from the Mexican side indicated that US intelligence played a role in the Jalisco operation that claimed the life of the feared drug lord. Grok fact-checked the chatter surrounding Wedding and El Mencho as well, saying: “There is no public evidence of direct ties between Ryan Wedding (tied to Sinaloa/Chapitos, DEA) and El Mencho (CJNG, rival). It could be an operational coincidence, but speculation is possible without evidence.”
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