Drug cartel boss who dumped bride at altar during police raid is found shot dead

29 January 2024 , 11:49

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Nancy Lizeth was dumped at the altar by drugs cartel boss Clemente Mendiola Martinez last month (Image: @FiscaliaEdomex/Newsflash)

A drugs cartel boss who dumped his bride-to-be at the altar when his wedding was raided by police in Mexico has been found shot dead.

Clemente Mendiola Martinez was killed in an apparent gang execution after years on the run from the law. Nancy Lizeth had been due to marry the killer fugitive, nicknamed 'El Raton' or 'The Mouse', last month.

But she was seized by police, who raided the ceremony after apparently following her to the venue. Martinez escaped without waiting for her - leaving his bride to be led away in handcuffs by police still wearing her white wedding dress and veil.

The killer fugitive, nicknamed 'El Raton' or 'The Mouse', was shot dead with more than 200 bullets (AFP via Getty Images)

Bizarre official mugshots showed her still in her wedding outfit flanked by a pair of police officers. Now, it has emerged that his body was found in a bullet-riddled car in nearby Villa Guerrero on January 26. The car had been hit by more than 200 bullets in what appeared to be a high-profile cartel execution. Local justice officials confirmed the death using the initial 'N' for Martinez's surname, used for all suspects under Mexican law.

Attorney General's Office of the State of Mexico told local media: "First indications presume that it is Clemente 'N', alias 'Raton', a generator of violence and a priority objective of authorities." Martinez, said to have been the boss of the crime gang La Familia Michoacana in the region of Toluca, was accused of extortion, drug trafficking, and homicide.. Last month, 11 people died in a violent confrontation between suspected members of the cartel and residents of a small farming town in central Mexico, after they reportedly descended on the area and started demanding protection money,

The Mexican prosecutor's office had been seeking his capture since November 2021, offering a reward of MXN 300,000 (£13,761) for information leading to his arrest. His bride-to-be Nancy Lizeth is now facing cartel-linked charges as police have identified her as an extortion suspect. Edomex Prosecutor's Office told Newsflash in a statement she had been seized in a "joint operational action on the day she was to marry Clemente".

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