CURRENT EVENTS February | Cartel Uprising in Mexico

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Canadians in Mexican state ordered to shelter in place as violence erupts

HALIFAX — Canadians in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, are being ordered to shelter in place as violence escalates in the region.
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“… The federal government is warning Canadians in Jalisco State, including popular tourist destination Puerto Vallarta, that criminal groups have set up road blocks with burning vehicles in the area.

The feds say there have also been shootouts and explosions.

It's not yet clear if there are any injuries from the violence.

Air Canada, Porter and WestJet have cancelled flights into the Puerto Vallarta airport. …”
 




If this thing doesn’t get cooled off fast, we actually may have to send military to extract/protect Americans …
 
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“A new U.S.-military-led task force specializing in intelligence collection on drug cartels played a role in the Mexican military raid on Sunday that killed the Mexican drug lord known as 'El Mencho,' a U.S. defense official told Reuters.

The Joint Interagency Task Force-Counter Cartel, which involves multiple U.S. government agencies, was formally launched last month with the goal of mapping out networks of drug cartel members on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border, U.S. officials said.

… The official stressed the raid itself was a Mexican military operation.

A former U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity without referring specifically to the task force, said the U.S. compiled a detailed target package for El Mencho and provided it to the Mexican government for its operation.…”
 
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