Mexico's Attorney General's Office (FGR) handed the body of Jalisco New Generation Cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias 'El Mencho', to a legal representative of his family on February 25, 2026, at approximately 1:00 AM local time, as announced in an FGR statement between 7:46 PM and 8:46 PM UTC. The move followed a CJNG threat to kill officials and civilians nationwide unless the body was released by that deadline, according to a SEDENA communication to barracks shared on X by user @luzelenachavez8 during this period. The SEDENA directive instructed military personnel to take extreme security measures in response to the CJNG ultimatum issued earlier on February 25, with the FGR announcement coinciding exactly with the 1:00 AM deadline. This development follows the FGR's processing of two El Mencho bodyguards, AndrƩs and Genaro, earlier that day between 5:46 PM and 6:46 PM UTC on charges of firearm possession, as detailed in a prior FGR video. A separate incident during the reporting window involved a grass fire reported in the Las Azucenas area of El Salto, with smoke visible across the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area, according to a #TrƔficoZMGPeriodismoCiudadano X post by @Trafico_ZMG. The FGR's release of El Mencho's body occurred amid ongoing operations against the cartel, including a recent raid that uncovered an arsenal of high-powered arms, 400 gunmen, and land mines, as previously reported.
