Marjorie Taylor Greene Celebrates U.S. Role In Killing Of El Mencho: ‘That’s a War I Support And Always Have’

Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene celebrated the U.S.’s role in the killing of Nemesio Oceguera Cervantes, Known as El Mencho and leader of the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion.

Greene said in a social media publication that she is “anti-war in most scenarios,” but “when it comes to the cartels that’s a war I support and always have.”

“The cartels are responsible for killing many Americans, human trafficking, drug trafficking, and many violent crimes. This administration should finish the cartels,” she concluded.

I’m anti-war in most scenarios.

But when it comes to the cartels that’s a war I support and always have.

The cartels are responsible for killing many Americans, human trafficking, drug trafficking, and many violent crimes.

This administration should finish the cartels.

— Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@FmrRepMTG) February 23, 2026

Both U.S. and Mexican authorities have confirmed that there was cooperation between the countries’ in the operation that killed El Mencho. The country’s Defense Secretariat said that “for the execution of the operation, as well as central military intelligence tasks, within the framework of bilateral coordination and cooperation with the U.S., there was complementary information from the country’s authorities.”

The information is noteworthy because of tensions about President Donald Trump’s insistence on sending troops into the country to fight cartels, with Sheinbaum drawing a red line on the matter.

There was no information about U.S. troops being on the ground during the operation that killed El Mencho, one of the most consequential blows to a major Mexican criminal organization in years.

Defense Secretary Gen. Ricardo Trevilla Trejo detailed on Monday that forces managed to find El Mencho after tracking down a lover of his. Once the person left the premise, officers confirmed that El Mencho stayed there. Forces then moved on to detain him, engaging in a shootout with cartel operatives there.

Trevilla Trejo noted that that El Mencho tried to escape while leaving a group of operatives behind to slow down government forces. He made it to a nearby wood, but forces pinned him down and wounded him. El Mencho was taken to a helicopter heading to Mexico City, but he died on the way.

Almost 60 people were killed and about 20 injured in multiple Mexican states following the military operation. Security Secretary Omar García Harfuch said authorities recorded 27 attacks against security forces in Jalisco after the operation. He reported that 25 National Guard members, one prison guard and one state prosecutor’s office official were killed in those incidents, along with one civilian. Thirty suspected members of organized crime were also killed during related confrontations, he said.

Trevilla detailed casualties from the operation itself, saying three soldiers were killed in direct clashes in a wooded area of Jalisco and three more died from injuries while being airlifted to a hospital. He said troops also killed eight suspected gunmen, detained two people and seized weapons including seven long guns and two rocket launchers of Russian origin.

Originally published on Latin Times