After 48 hours of viral videos, flight cancellations, and mounting anxiety over a U.S. Embassy security alert, conditions in Mexico’s key tourist destinations are stabilizing. Authorities say the unrest triggered by the killing of a major cartel leader has largely subsided, though security remains heightened in parts of the country.
The violence erupted Sunday following the reported killing of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as “El Mencho,” the head of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), in Jalisco state.
According to news reports, the operation sparked retaliatory roadblocks, fires and gunfights, particularly in Guadalajara and surrounding areas. Mexican officials said at least 70 suspected cartel members were arrested and 34
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