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Proceso · Mexico · Harfuch says the CJNG is fracturing into regional factions after El Mencho's death
Analyst-led reading of the February operation that killed El Mencho, arguing it was designed to kill rather than capture and warning that leadership removal historically begets factional violence rather than collapse.
“The operation was designed to kill, not capture, El Mencho — the CJNG leader — an analyst says.”