Street battles have erupted after the military targeted a powerful kingpin known as ‘El Mencho’
Battles between cartel gunmen and security forces have broken out in multiple cities across Mexico after a top drug kingpin was killed by the military. Airports were locked down and thousands of tourists confined to their hotels and resorts as gunmen ran rampage over city streets, burning cars, shooting and looting.
On Sunday, Mexico’s Secretariat of National Defense announced that its special forces had killed Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, also known as ‘El Mencho’, the head of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG). Cervantes died from his wounds…
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