GUADALAJARA: School was canceled in several Mexican states and local and foreign governments alike warned their citizens to stay inside, as widespread violence erupted following the army’s killing of the powerful leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, known as “El Mencho” was the boss of one of the fastest-growing criminal networks in Mexico, notorious for trafficking fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine to the United States and staging brazen attacks against government officials who challenged it.

El líder del Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación es abatido por el Ejército tras décadas burlando a la justicia, después de un operativo en la sierra de Jalisco que ha desatado una…

A Mexican federal official says the Mexican army has killed the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel in a military operation.