WORLD.- This Tuesday, the White House confirmed that, although at the moment no known American victims in the violence unleashed in Mexico after the death of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes“El Mencho“, leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) warned the cartels about the “serious consequences” of hurting United States citizens.
“At this time we are not aware of any reports of Americans being injured, kidnapped or killed, and the Mexican drug cartels know that they cannot touch a single American, or they will face serious consequences under this president, as is already happening,” said the Press Secretary, Caroline Leavitt.
The spokesperson for the president of the United States, Donald Trump indicated in an interview with Fox News that the operation “successfully carried out by the Mexican authorities” to kill El Mencho, leader of the CJNG, had the collaboration of US intelligence.
“This would not have been possible without the leadership of President Trump,” insisted Leavitt, who recalled how the Administration has appointed the Mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organizations and the “lethal measures” taken against boats supposedly loading drugs in the Caribbean and the Pacific to stop the flow of illicit substances into the United States.
According to the White House Press Secretary, Washington is “coordinating, cooperating and pressuring the Mexican government to do more to end the scourge of deadly drugs entering the southern border of the United States.”
Hundreds of American tourists found themselves stranded in western Mexico after the dejection of El Mencho This Sunday a wave of violence will be unleashed in several Mexican cities, including Guadalajara and Puerto Vallarta, the latter one of the main tourist destinations in North America.
Wave of violence in Mexico after the death of “El Mencho”
The leader of the CJNG, the most wanted drug trafficker in Mexico, died during an operation of the Mexican Army in Tapalpa, Jalisco. Mexican authorities confirmed that they had US intelligence.
In reaction to his death, criminals unleashed a wave of violence in about a third of the states of Mexico, which caused the death of 25 soldiersa custodian and an agent of the Attorney General’s Office of the State of Jalisco, as well as 30 members of the CJNGaccording to the official count.
The criminal actions included some 85 blockades on federal highwaysthe burning of vehicles, attacks on gas stations, stores and banks.
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