{"id":443187,"date":"2026-02-24T15:41:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T15:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/443187\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T15:41:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T15:41:08","slug":"mexico-satellite-images-show-fires-burning-across-tourist-area-on-day-el-mencho-killed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/443187\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexico satellite images show fires burning across tourist area on day &#8216;El Mencho&#8217; killed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday on BBC Verify Livepublished at 11:19 GMT<\/p>\n<p>11:19 GMT<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-3u1n9h-Contributor etflsgg2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4daa6a4f-2f55-4f4e-9c65-51588518f89c.png.webp.webp\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Adam Durbin<br \/>BBC Verify Live senior journalist<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">New satellite imagery shows dozens of fires burning in a popular tourist area of Mexico on Sunday when a powerful cartel leader was captured and killed by the military. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">We\u2019ve verified the images and footage of violence in the resort town of Puerto Vallarta, just one area among dozens where violence has broken out since Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as \u201cEl Mencho\u201d died in custody. The Mexican military has deployed nearly 10,000 soldiers to suppress the violence, which has seen shops torched, roadblocks enacted and at least 25 members of the National Guard killed. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">We\u2019re also looking into the arrival of the USS Gerald R Ford aircraft carrier in Greece as part of the build up of US military assets in the Middle East and Mediterranean. There are reports the world\u2019s largest warship is experiencing plumbing issues again, though social media accounts have been spreading old videos of flooded toilets. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Plus, our fact-checking team are examining recent claims on the UK\u2019s student finance system and youth unemployment rates. The rest of the team is getting ready to fact check Donald Trump\u2019s State of the Union address later tonight. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tuesday on BBC Verify Livepublished at 11:19 GMT 11:19 GMT Adam DurbinBBC Verify Live senior journalist New satellite&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":443188,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-443187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=443187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443187\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/443188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=443187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=443187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=443187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}