Mexico’s top defense official sobs as he announces 25 national guard members killed in Jalisco

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At least 25 Mexican national guard members have been killed in the New Generation Jalisco Cartel’s vicious retaliation following the death of its leader in a daring military raid, authorities said Monday.

Mexico’s Defense Minister Ricardo Trevilla Trejo reacts during a press conference Monday about the wave of violence following the killing of Mexican drug lord Nemesio Oseguera. Getty Images
Members of the National Guard secure the area where the body of the cartel leader was taken after he was killed in Mexico City Sunday. Mario Guzman/EPA/Shutterstock

Defense Minister Ricardo Trevilla broke into tears as he revealed the scale of the cartel’s attacks on Mexico’s military, which led the operation that killed the powerful drug lord Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes.

A soldier stands guard by a charred vehicle that was set on fire in Cointzio, Mexico, Sunday. AP

Mexico Security Secretary Omar García Harfuch said the soldiers were killed in “27 cowardly attacks against authorities in Jalisco,” adding that 30 cartel members were also killed in the violence.

With Post wires

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