At least 25 members of Mexico's National Guard were killed in violent clashes with criminal groups following a high-profile raid that eliminated one of the country's most-wanted drug cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, also known as "El Mencho," Al Jazeera reported.

Security Secretary Omar Garcia Harfuch, addressing a joint press conference with President Claudia Sheinbaum, confirmed that the National Guard personnel lost their lives in six separate incidents across the western state of Jalisco. The violence erupted after security forces carried out an operation that resulted in the killing of Nemesio Oseguera, also known as "El Mencho", the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG).