New Delhi, Feb. 23 -- White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Sunday claimed that the US had a major role in the El Mencho killing in Mexico on the day, which has created ripples across the country and its neighbours.

According to Leavitt, the US provided with intelligence support to the Mexican government on the killing of El Mencho and assisted it with the major operation to bring down the drug cartel in Jalisco.

"The United States provided intelligence support to the Mexican government in order to assist with an operation in Talpalpa, Jalisco, Mexico, in which Nemesio 'El Mencho' Oseguera Cervantes, an infamous drug lord and leader within the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, was eliminated," Trump aide Karoline Leavitt said.

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