The Many Deaths of El Mencho
Is he really gone or does the drug lord like playing up his own demise?
Updated on Oct. 20, 2025
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“Today his cockerels don’t sing; They are sad; The señor Mencho has gone; He died as he always wanted to,” the singer croons over a twelve-stringed guitar in a drug ballad called “Ya se fue,” or “Now He’s Gone.”
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