Violence erupts in Mexico after drug lord is killed

Violence erupted in Mexico’s Jalisco on Sunday night after security forces killed “El Mencho”, the notorious leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, one of the country’s most powerful drug cartels, Euronews writes.

As noted, the drug lord Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes was the Mexican government’s biggest prize yet to show the Trump administration in its efforts to crack down on the cartels, and his death was met with a forceful reaction from the cartel, known by its Spanish initials CJNG.

Cars burned out by cartel members blocked roads at more than 250 points in 20 Mexican states, authorities said, and left smoke billowing into the air.

Jalisco’s capital, Guadalajara, was turned into a ghost town Sunday night as civilians hunkered down. School was cancelled Monday in several states. Authorities in Jalisco, Michoacan and Guanajuato reported at least 14 dead, including seven National Guard troops.