{"id":189502,"date":"2026-02-23T02:55:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T02:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/189502\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T02:55:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T02:55:18","slug":"kingsburg-man-details-being-stuck-in-mexico-amid-cartel-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/189502\/","title":{"rendered":"Kingsburg man details being stuck in Mexico amid cartel violence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) &#8212; A Kingsburg Man is sheltering in place after his flight was canceled outside of Guadalajara amid cartel violence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">He spoke to Action News about the situation but wants to keep his identity anonymous due to safety concerns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;(On Sunday), we were supposed to fly back to Fresno, we packed up all our bags and as we were ready to go, we were stopped by armed men on the road, telling us the roads were going to be blocked,&#8221; the man said. &#8220;They seem to be just taking them from whoever is driving them. All the main roads and main access are blocked right now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">RELATED: <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc30.com\/post\/el-mencho-dead-mexican-army-kills-nemesio-rubn-oseguera-cervantes-leader-jalisco-new-generation-cartel-official-says\/18635130\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mexican army kills leader of powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel, &#8216;El Mencho,&#8217; during operation<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The man and his family were supposed to be on an AeroMexico Flight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">He says he is feeling uneasy because the town nearby has a heavy cartel presence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The Governor of Jalisco is saying order is gradually being restored in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Merced assemblymember Esmeralda Soria&#8217;s family stuck in Mexico<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Assemblywoman Esmeralda Soria also spoke to Action News, saying both her parents are currently stuck in Michoacan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;They are just waiting out and seeing if the airport will be open and if flights will be out. A lot of unknowns at this moment, I&#8217;m just hoping my parents will return safely,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Soria says her parents&#8217; flight is scheduled to fly out on Tuesday and so far, it has not yet been cancelled.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">She mentioned she is in close contact with the Mexican Consulate in Fresno regarding any updates.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KFSN-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) &#8212; A Kingsburg Man is sheltering in place after his flight was canceled outside of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":189503,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[88944,112,114,113],"class_list":["post-189502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-88944","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}