Tourists stranded in Mexico cartel war: Westerners plead for help as violence explodes across the country after drug lord is killed months before World Cup

Following the death of Jalisco New Generation Cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, also known as El Mencho, gunmen unleashed bloody chaos across several Mexican cities.


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