Smoke billows from burning automobiles amid a wave of violence, with torched automobiles and gunmen blocking highways in additional than half a dozen states, following a army operation by which a authorities supply mentioned Mexican drug lord Nemesio Oseguera, generally known as “El Mencho,” was killed, in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico, February 22, 2026, on this display screen seize obtained from a social media video.
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U.S. and Canadian airways halted flights to Puerto Vallarta and Guadalajara in Mexico after violence broke out within the nation within the wake of the Mexican military’s killing of a cartel chief.
The U.S. State Division on Sunday informed U.S. residents to shelter in place, citing “ongoing safety operations and associated street blockages and prison exercise.”
Air Canada, American Airways, Delta Air Strains, Southwest Airways, United Airways and others canceled flights to Puerto Vallarta, a well-liked vacationer vacation spot on Mexico’s Pacific coast, and to Guadalajara, which can also be within the Jalisco state. Airways waived change charges for affected vacationers.
Flights to different main airports within the nation, like Mexico Metropolis and Cancun, weren’t impacted by the unrest.
Stranded passengers line up at Guadalajara Airport in Tlajomulco, Jalisco, Mexico, on February 23, 2026, to assert compensation for flights that had been canceled or postponed the day before today.
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A number of Mexican states additionally canceled college on Monday after the nation’s military killed Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes. Referred to as “El Mencho,” he led one in every of fastest-growing prison networks in Mexico, infamous for trafficking fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine to the USA and staging brazen assaults towards authorities officers who challenged it, The Related Press reported.
He was killed throughout a shoot-out in his house state of Jalisco, AP mentioned.
Airways routinely droop service because of unrest and infrastructure issues to keep away from having passengers, crews and plane stranded.
