Cervantes\u2019 death has sparked security incidents across the country with violent scenes breaking out. <\/p>\n
A U.S. government poster from 2024.<\/p>\n
Buses were set on fire, roads were blocked, and suspected members of organised crime groups clashed with authorities.<\/p>\n
New Zealanders in the affected areas have been encouraged to monitor local media for updates and follow the advice of the local authorities.<\/p>\n
\u201cAirlines have suspended some flights in Jalisco, including to Puerto Vallarta,\u201d Safe Travel website said.<\/p>\n
\u201cDue to highway blockades across the country, bus service has been suspended in many areas. <\/p>\n
\u201cNew Zealanders should contact their airline or travel provider for any updates or disruptions to onward travel.\u201d<\/p>\n
Multiple United States and Canadian airlines cancelled flights to parts of Mexico on Sunday.<\/p>\n
The US helped provide information to support the operation, according to a statement from the Defence Ministry.<\/p>\n
US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau, in a post on X, described Cervantes as \u201cone of the bloodiest and most ruthless drug kingpins\u201d and said his killing was a \u201cgreat development for Mexico, the US, Latin America, and the world\u201d.<\/p>\n
The Trump Administration designated the Jalisco New Generation Cartel a terrorist organisation, a reward of up to US$15 million ($25m) was offered by the US for information leading to Cervantes\u2019 capture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cervantes\u2019 death has sparked security incidents across the country with violent scenes breaking out. A U.S. government poster…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297717,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[74,1558,46300,34599,3401,5504,2082,106,78,18087,3375,11156,807,10539,6820,117,111,43,139,69,1118,274,13118,1455,24750],"class_list":{"0":"post-297716","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-zealand","8":"tag-after","9":"tag-been","10":"tag-broke","11":"tag-cartel","12":"tag-drug","13":"tag-following","14":"tag-for","15":"tag-head","16":"tag-in","17":"tag-issued","18":"tag-killed","19":"tag-killing","20":"tag-kiwis","21":"tag-lord","22":"tag-mexico","23":"tag-new","24":"tag-new-zealand","25":"tag-news","26":"tag-newzealand","27":"tag-nz","28":"tag-of","29":"tag-travel","30":"tag-violence","31":"tag-warning","32":"tag-zealanders"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297716\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}