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Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, also known as "El Mencho," had a $15 million U.S. bounty on his head.
Airlines have diverted flights from two Mexican cities amid Mexican army action against a powerful drug cartel on Sunday.
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US sanctions Mexican resort which allegedly helped cartel defraud American tourists
The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned Kovay Gardens, a beachfront resort in Mexico's Nayarit state, accusing it of operating as part of a fraud network directed by the Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación.
The U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday sanctioned Kovay Gardens, accusing the Mexican resort of operating under the direction of the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generación, or CJNG.
The sanctions target the Kovay Gardens resort near Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, which allegedly generates money for the Jalisco Nueva Generación cartel.