State Dept slammed with hundreds of calls from Americans trapped in Mexico

[rangerrebew]

State Dept slammed with hundreds of calls from Americans trapped in Mexico
Violence erupted after Mexican forces killed cartel leader 'El Mencho'
Rachel Wolf By Rachel Wolf , Gillian Turner Fox News
Published February 24, 2026 7:57am EST
 

Mexican drug lord 'El Mencho' killed, Americans warned of escalating cartel violence
Former Acting DEA Administrator Derek Maltz discusses the death of notorious Mexican drug lord 'El Mencho' and the subsequent surge in cartel violence. Americans in Mexico are issued shelter-in-place orders as clashes intensify.

The State Department has received hundreds of calls on its 24/7 crisis hotline as Americans in Mexico scramble to find ways home amid escalating chaos following the killing of a top cartel leader.

The calls have been mostly pertaining to flight cancellations and concerns about travel back to the U.S., Fox News has learned.

Violence erupted in Mexico after a Feb. 22 government operation in which Jalisco New Generation cartel leader Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera Cervantes was killed. The cartel leader was killed during a shootout inside his home as the Mexican military attempted to capture him. The operation was carried out by Mexican forces with U.S. intelligence support.

 
A mughsot of Ruben "Nemesio" Oseguera Cervantes, known as "El Mencho," beside graffiti depicting the letters of the Jalisco New Generation cartel, covering the facade of an abandoned home in El Limoncito, in the Michoacan state of Mexico. (Eduardo Verdugo/AP Images; Drug Enforcement Administration)

Mexico Security Secretary Omar García Harfuch said the 25 Mexican National Guard troops in Jalisco were killed in six separate attacks following the killing of El Mencho. He also said some 30 criminal suspects were killed in Jalisco and four others were killed in Michoacan. Additionally, García Harfuch said that a prison guard, an agent from the state prosecutor’s office and a woman whom he did not identify were also killed.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/state-dept-slammed-hundreds-calls-from-americans-trapped-mexico

[rangerrebew]

Change Mexico to Minneapolis and you have the same story, crooks being protected by the people.

[DB]

Not a very good kill ratio for the Mexican military...

[Smokin Joe]

Change Mexico to Minneapolis and you have the same story, crooks being protected by the people.

The disproportionate number of white faces in the crowd in MN belie that concept somewhat. I think the majority of that street theater was paid, organized by well paid organizers, and all to distract from and protect the fraud schemes there which I'd wager feed back into Leftist organizations and political campaigns.

After all, someone has to pay for printing up all those extra Democrat ballots.

[Smokin Joe]

Not a very good kill ratio for the Mexican military...

Hard to do artillery and air support in an environment filled with your own civilians. MOUT without the occasional Apache run or JDAM would be more difficult.