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Waking Up In Puerto Vallarta The Morning After Cartel Attacks

L.A. TACO's editor-in-chief reports from the ground the day after El Mencho's death.

February 23, 2026

Update: At Least 20 Mexican States Burn as Cartel Retaliates Against Killing of ‘El Mencho’

El Mencho was the last of the old guard—the final mass-trafficking titan standing alongside El Chapo and El Mayo—marking the end of an era in Mexican organized crime, now fallen after a U.S.-assisted federal killing.

February 22, 2026