Overview
- In a message on X, the Justice Department credited Pam Bondi’s term with major wins against organized crime and said the department has filed more than 125,000 federal cases under the current administration.
- President Trump removed Bondi and said Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche will serve as acting attorney general when she departs on May 1.
- Mexico’s defense ministry says Rubén “El Mencho” Oseguera died in a Mexican army operation in Tapalpa, Jalisco, on February 22, using U.S. intelligence that included a drone to locate him.
- Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, transferred to U.S. custody in July 2024, pleaded guilty in a New York federal court and admitted leading a trafficking group for decades and paying bribes to Mexican officials.
- Mexico’s president said U.S. intelligence helped find El Mencho but stressed Mexican forces ran the raid, and officials warn the CJNG remains active even after its leader’s death.