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In other words, the DEA does not rule out that ‘Mencho’ himself would have been in charge of spreading rumors about his own death in a possible attempt to appease the hunt that Mexico and the United States maintain against him.
“He is very isolated and knows that an attempt to arrest him would be quite difficult. Obviously, that would depend on the Mexican authorities and I think it would be very bloody,” added Matthew Allen, who heads the division in charge of investigations against the CJNG.
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According to military documents consulted by journalist Ricardo Ravelo and published in his book El Amo de Jalisco, ‘El Mencho’ suffers from kidney failure that forces him to undergo constant dialysis to discard the excess fluid in the blood that he cannot expel on his own.
However, his apparent illness would not have yet diminished his ability to lead the CJNG, considered by the United States Department of Justice as one of the 5 most dangerous transnational criminal organizations in the world.