Trump tells Mexico to ‘step up’ effort to combat cartels even after military operation kills drug lord known as ‘El Mencho’
Violence in Mexico after military kills notorious drug cartel boss – a visual guide
With schools still closed, flights cancelled and the charred carcasses of buses smouldering on streets across the country, Mexico was still reeling from the cartel backlash prompted by the killing of cartel kingpin Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, also known as “El Mencho.”
Security minister Omar García Harfuch was moved almost to tears on Monday as he offered his condolences to the families of soldiers felled in the operation to kill the country’s most wanted drug lord. Mexican military personnel, he said, “fulfilled their mission”.
But Donald Trump had a very different message to offer. As Mexican officials confirmed that 25 members of the national guard were killed in the operation, Trump posted on social media that: “Mexico must step up their effort on Cartels and Drugs!”
