El Mencho’s brutality and business acumen put him atop the cartel world, until he made a fatal mistake.
El Mencho, arguably the world’s most powerful criminal, did not have a cellphone.
Worried the devices would expose his location, he relied on human messengers to manage a sprawling criminal organization that stretched across Mexico and into 40 countr… [583 chars]
Source: The New York Times | Published: 2026-02-28T10:02:15Z
Credit: The New York Times
