Mexican cartel violence after head of Jalisco New Generation is killed
23 February 2026
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Mexico and Organised Crime
If the state is to try to attack significant leaders within the cartel, the cartels wants to make clear that there will be a price to pay, and that price that they are trying to exact is not only in human lives, but also economically. Whether it be closing airports or blockading roads, the point is to make it as infeasible to continue the sustained pressure against the cartels as possible."

