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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Simon Calder

Foreign Office issues Mexico travel warning after drug cartel violence

Travellers in the southwest Mexico state of Jalisco have been warned to stay indoors as violence erupted following the killing of a drug cartel kingpin. Footage on social media shows airline passengers seeking cover as Guadalajara airport comes under attack.

Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, the formidable leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), was killed during a Mexican military operation with US assistance in the town of Tapalpa.

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