Mexico braces for more violence in wake of top cartel leader’s killing

The killing of “El Mencho” triggered retaliatory violence across Mexico. In some cities, such as Puerto Vallarta and Cancun, the U.S. is warning its citizens to shelter in place.

By Leo Sands

Mexico erupts and World Cup security fears rise after a cartel boss’s killing

The fallout from the operation that took out ‘El Mencho’ has already led to the cancellation of football matches. Could the World Cup be affected too? Violence erupts after Mexican forces kill cartel boss ‘El Mencho’ Who was ‘El Mencho’, the former police officer who co-founded an ultraviolent cartel? There is just one road that leads to the Estadio Akron, the stadium home to Mexican club Chivas de Guadalajara, which is scheduled to host four group matches at this year’s World Cup. As the ...

By Jon Arnold

Cartel henchmen unleash violence after top drug lord killed in Mexico

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 […]

By Emmanuel Tetteh

Gunmen run riot in Mexico after killing of cartel boss El Mencho - The Times

Gunmen run riot in Mexico after killing of cartel boss El Mencho  The Times