Mexico Details How It Took Out Its Most-Wanted Cartel Chief

Members of the Investigative Police stand guard around the Specialized Prosecutor's Office for Organized Crime headquarters in Mexico City on Feb. 22.

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Mexico’s government laid out details of how it located the country’s most-wanted drug kingpin, stressing that US security agents didn’t actively participate in President Claudia Sheinbaum’s most direct confrontation with the cartels yet.