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Canadian Foreign Minister to Address Security Situation in Mexico. Follow for Live Updates.
Airlines canceled flights to Mexican Pacific resorts after El Mencho's killing triggered clashes; U.S. and Canadian carriers issued waivers for affected passengers, officials said.
- On Feb. 22, U.S. and Canadian airlines canceled Sunday flights to Puerto Vallarta, Guadalajara and Mazatlán after Mexican officials said El Mencho was killed.
- With U.S. intelligence support, the military operation in Tapalpa, Jalisco targeted El Mencho, who rose from a former police officer to lead the Jalisco New Generation Cartel.
- U.S. Embassy in Mexico and U.S. Consulate in Tijuana issued shelter-in-place advisories as Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport and Guadalajara International Airport faced cancellations and panic, while vehicles burned and highways blocked in more than half a dozen states.
- Issuing waivers, several airlines allowed affected passengers to rebook without change fees as of publication, and said they would monitor operations.
- With a $15 million U.S. bounty, the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generación has expanded from a regional group into a global fentanyl supplier, raising long-term security concerns for the U.S. and Mexico.
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Canadian foreign minister to address security situation in Mexico. Follow for live updates.
Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand is scheduled to address the security situation that left Canadians in Mexico on high alert after the Mexican army killed the leader of a major drug cartel near Puerto Vallarta. Follow for live updates.
The Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection, Omar García Harfuch, said that the federal government already maintains follow-up to possible new commands and relocations within the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel after the operation in which its leader, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias "El Mencho, was killed. When questioned about the possible restructuring of the criminal group and the replacement of the founder of the cartel, the official …
Antitrust chief "El Mencho" dies after a military operation, his followers react with attacks and roadblocks. Flights are cancelled and foreign embassies warn their citizens in the World Cup country.After the death of the powerful leader of a Mexican drug cartel, his supporters have overthrew the Latin American country with a wave of violence.In numerous states of the World Cup host country, the followers of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes alias "El …
Burning vehicles, blocked roads, cancelled flights: after a military operation against the head of the cartel, several states in Mexico get into chaos. Foreign countries react with security warnings.
Mexico faces an escalation of violence this Monday, with fires, blockades and looting, in at least 16 of its 32 states, after the death this Sunday of the world's most wanted drug trafficker, El Mencho, leader of the Jalisco Cartel Nueva Generación (CJNG), in an operation supported by U.S. intelligence, amid Washington's growing pressure to combat drug trafficking.In Puerto Vallarta (Jalisco), one of the country's main tourist destinations, flig…
Airlines in the United States and Canada canceled dozens of flights to parts of Mexico on Sunday, where violence erupted after the killing of a major drug lord.
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