Mexican Cartel Retaliation Disrupts Flights in Guadalajara, Puerto Vallarta, And Manzanillo—Drug Boss ‘El Mencho’ Killed



Mexican security forces killed Jalisco New Generation Cartel (“CJNG”) leader Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes – known as “El Mencho” – on Sunday. He was wounded and later died during an air transfer. Multiple cartel members were killed, others were detained, and weapons and armored vehicles were seized. Cervantes carried a U.S. reward of up to $15 million for his arrest.

Panic inside the Guadalajara airport was caught on video, with people running and taking cover behind ticket counters, though airport operator Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico denied any armed incursion into the terminal. There was certainly gunfire, though it’s possible this was outside the terminal.

The cartel retaliated across Jalisco and several other states with widespread vehicle burnings and “narco-blockades” of burning vehicles used to block roads.

People were also reported running through the Puerto Vallarta airport. Air Canada and United cancelled Puerto Vallarta flights due to unrest there.

Here’s passengers evacuating Puerto Vallarta airport:

WestJet diverted and canceled flights involving Puerto Vallarta, Guadalajara, and Manzanillo. Manzanillo airport could not be reached by road due to blockades.

Aviation in Mexico has come under cartel threat in the past as the government made moves against them. And it’s taken the Mexican military to protect tourists from cartel violence on the Cancun beaches. Of course, the U.S. Border Patrol themselves are no strangers to extra-curricular cooperation with Mexican cartels. Strictly speaking, cartel violence of this sort is the literal definition of a failed state.

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