Drug lord 'El Mencho' buried in golden casket during funeral in Mexico

Mexican gang boss "El Mencho" was buried in a shiny gold coffin as heavily armed soldiers guarded his funeral.

Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, who led the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel, was killed during a shoot-out with the Mexican army as government forces raided his mountain compound. A service was held for the 59-year-old on Monday on the outskirts of the country's second city of Guadalajara, with enormous floral wreaths and a huge military presence seen at the cemetery.

Dozens of mourners followed the procession, many carrying black umbrellas despite it being a sunny day, and a band played 'banda' music, which is popular in the Sinaloa region. Cervantes and two of his bodyguards died after they were wounded in a military operation by Mexican special forces ‌with "intelligence" from the US used to track him to his hillside villa hideout.

He later died while being flown to a hospital in Mexico City for treatment. The death certificate said Cervantes suffered bullet wounds to his chest, stomach and legs.

After an autopsy was performed, his body was returned to his family on Saturday, the Attorney General's Office said. Mexican authorities have not officially revealed the location of Cervantes's burial for "security reasons.