India, Feb. 23 -- El Mencho or Nemesio Ruben Oseguera Cervantes, the feared leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) was killed by Mexican military on Sunday. His death sparked buzz about Ryan Wedding, the Canadian ex-Olympian and alleged drug kingpin.

Wedding, after years on the run, was arrested in Mexico in January and then extradited to the US. He is accused of running a transnational drug trafficking operation and also of murder. As per reports, authorities believed Wedding was in Mexico under the Sinaloa cartel's protection.

The military action against El Mencho comes one month after news of Wedding's arrest, causing many online to speculate if the two were linked.

Many speculated that Wedding might have helped authorit...