Violence unleashed in Mexico after death of drug lord

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Newshour

2026-02-24

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Unrest has erupted in at least 20 states across Mexico, and thousands of troops have been deployed to maintain order after the country's most wanted cartel leader, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes - known as "El Mencho" - died after being captured on Sunday. Also on the programme: US and Iranian officials have confirmed that negotiations over Iran's nuclear programme will resume on Thursday; and we hear from Lauren Wyatt, who has Tourette's syndrome and is an advocate for the National Neurodiversity Youth Council, about the racial slur shouted by a man at the Bafta film awards who also lives with the condition. (Photo: A burnt bus on the highway connecting Mexico City with the state of Puebla, following roadblocks and arson attacks carried out by members of organized crime after the death of Mexican drug lord Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as "El Mencho". Credit: REUTERS/Paola Garcia)
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  • Hello and welcome to NewsHour.

  • It's coming to you live from the BBC World Service Studios in central London.

  • I'm Tim Franks.

  • We're starting the program with the violence that is fled in Mexico after the killing of the country's most wanted leader of a drugs cartel.

  • Namesio Oseguera Cervantes, a 59-year-old former policeman known as El Mencho,

  • was wounded in an operation to arrest him in the state of Jalisco.

  • He died while being flown to Mexico City.

  • El Mencho's people in the Helisco New Generation cartel retaliated by torching businesses and blockading roads with burning vehicles.

  • The mayhem spread across the country.

  • This video, posted online apparently by cartel members,