Mexico's drug cartel violence

Schools have reopened across Mexico today, after violence erputed over the weekend across the country following the arrest - and ultimately the death - of cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, better known as "El Mencho". We hear from residents about how cartel violence affects their everyday lives.

We also hear a report by our international correspondent Quentin Sommerville about cartel violence in Sinaloa state.
WARNING: The report features graphic violence.

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(Photo: People walk near a parking lot of a supermarket where several vehicles were consumed by flames days after a series of blockades and attacks by organized crime following a military operation in which drug cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera, known as "El Mencho," was killed, in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, February 24, 2026. Credit: Daniel Becerril/Reuters)