Chapo, Mayo, Mencho: another Mexican kingpin falls

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  The Economist.

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  Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.

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  I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

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  Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

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  After a look yesterday at the impact of four years of war on Ukraine,

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  today we get a rare look inside Russia.

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  And we have some surprising advice for runners.

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  You might think that if you want a good marathon time,

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  the simple aim is to get faster and faster when training.

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  We dig into piles of data to find a more nuanced plan.

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  First up though, a Mexican journalist can't even get the question out

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  before President Claudia Sheinbaum cuts in with the answer.

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  What guarantees are there that the World Cup will happen at this venue?

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  All of them.

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  All the guarantees, she replies.

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  It's a fair question.

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  On Sunday, a notorious drug lord named Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes,

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  and known simply as El Mencho, was captured and mortally wounded.

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  In scenes that Mexico has seen before, that sparked grotesque violence on the streets.

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  Not the kind of press that one of the World Cup host countries wants right about now,

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