The Jalisco Cartel spent months engineering a 55-foot-deep tunnel complete with rails, lighting, and ventilation, only to get caught on their very first delivery.
Mexico has seen this movie before: a man at the summit of a criminal empire falls, and the country holds its breath for the aftershocks.
Airlines suspended flights and US authorities activated a crisis hotline as coordinated roadblocks and arson attacks followed the killing of CJNG chief Nemesio Oseguera in a military raid.
The 60-year-old cartel boss led the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), one of Mexico’s most dominant criminal syndicates.
The Embassy named Puerto Vallarta, Guadalajara and Reynosa among affected areas, asking citizens to avoid highways, crowds and active security zones as unrest spreads across multiple Mexican states.
Public transport was suspended, ride shares halted and airports in Guadalajara and Puerto Vallarta saw cancellations as unrest followed the military operation in Tapalpa.
The US has moved to penalise countries supplying oil to Cuba, declaring Havana a national security threat as Mexico temporarily suspends shipments amid mounting economic pressure.
US President Donald Trump on Thursday indicated that his administration will soon expand its campaign against drug cartels to land-based operations, following recent actions targeting drug trafficking networks in the region.
At least 13 people were killed and 98 others injured after a passenger train on the interoceanic corridor of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec Railway met with an accident on the Salina Cruz-Coatzacoalcos route in Mexico on Sunday, the Mexican Navy Secretariat said.
Mexico’s sweeping decision to impose tariffs of up to 50 per cent on more than 1,400 imported products is more than a routine policy recalibration.
