The Mexican government has engaged the drug cartels resulting in combat in cities and the country-side.
The cartels will now decide IF they will wage all-out war against the government or wage a 'gorilla-type' war including targeting government persons and assets.
The reality is that the cartels are major para-military organizations.
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The Mexican army killed the country’s most powerful cartel leader and one of the United States’ most wanted fugitives, notching a major victory while cartel members responded with a wave of violence across the country.
The Mexican army killed the country’s most powerful cartel leader and one of the United States’ most wanted fugitives, notching a major victory while cartel members responded with a wave of violence across the country.
What to know about the killing of the powerful cartel leader ‘El Mencho’ in Mexico | AP News
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Tourists trapped in Puerto Vallarta recount cartel retaliation after 'El Mencho' killed
Witnesses report stores ransacked, pharmacies burned down and guests locked in airport following major Mexican cartel leader's reported killing
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Tourists trapped in Puerto Vallarta recount cartel retaliation after 'El Mencho' killed
Witnesses report stores ransacked, pharmacies burned down and guests locked in airport following major Mexican cartel leader's reported killing
As airlines canceled flights and authorities issued shelter-in-place orders, stranded visitors reported cars set ablaze, suspected cartel members blocking major roads, and stores ransacked by looters — scenes some witnesses said made parts of the popular resort city feel like "a war breaking out in the streets."
Witnesses said they were forced to evacuate their rooms, manage with limited hotel food, and even venture outside in search of meals while waiting for Mexican authorities to regain control of the city.
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Cartel henchmen unleash violence after top drug lord killed in Mexico
Violence erupts in Mexico after drug lord El Mencho killed
Witnesses said they were forced to evacuate their rooms, manage with limited hotel food, and even venture outside in search of meals while waiting for Mexican authorities to regain control of the city.
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Cartel henchmen unleash violence after top drug lord killed in Mexico
Violence erupts in Mexico after drug lord El Mencho killed
Members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), one of the most powerful and feared criminal organisations in Mexico, have unleashed a wave of violence across 20 Mexican states.
They torched businesses and erected burning blockades in retaliation to the killing of their leader, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, better known as "El Mencho", who died in custody on Sunday shortly after being captured by Mexican special forces.
El Mencho, Mexico's most wanted man, was seriously injured in a firefight between his bodyguards and the military commandos deployed to capture him.
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He died while the military was transporting him from the town of Tapalpa, in Jalisco state, to the capital, Mexico City.
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They torched businesses and erected burning blockades in retaliation to the killing of their leader, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, better known as "El Mencho", who died in custody on Sunday shortly after being captured by Mexican special forces.
El Mencho, Mexico's most wanted man, was seriously injured in a firefight between his bodyguards and the military commandos deployed to capture him.
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He died while the military was transporting him from the town of Tapalpa, in Jalisco state, to the capital, Mexico City.
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