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Armed groups blocked roads and set fire to supermarkets, banks, and vehicles.
One witness described seeing masked men force everyone off of a city bus and light it on fire in Puerto Vallarta, a popular tourist destination.
The violence has spread across at least 13 states, though the bulk of it has unfolded in the city of Guadalajara.
Concerts and soccer matches were canceled yesterday, some flights were diverted, and the U.S.
government warned American citizens in some areas to, quote, shelter in place until further notice.
In the past, previous captures of cartel leaders have ignited violence like this, sometimes among rival gangs jockeying for power, sometimes from groups lashing out at the government.
Mexico's president, Claudia Scheinbaum, has urged Mexicans to stay calm.
and said things are proceeding as normal in most of the country.
Under Scheinbaum, Mexico has launched its most intense campaign against the cartels in more than a decade, and El Mencho's death marks a major victory for her administration.
It could also ease pressure on the country from President Trump, who has threatened strikes in Mexico if it doesn't address drug trafficking and smuggling.
Some security analysts say, though, that despite Scheinbaum's aggressive approach, the cartels remain too powerful and too entrenched to fully eradicate.
In Washington.
President Trump is pushing forward with his plans for tariffs.
Despite the Supreme Court's ruling on Friday that struck down many of those he'd put in place.
Right after the ruling, he announced a 10% global tariff.
Then said Saturday he was raising it to 15%.
To impose the new surcharges, he's using a different legal authority than the statute the justices ruled on.
He's invoking a provision of a 1970s trade law that no president has used before.
Trump has also continued to lash out against the justices who ruled against him, calling them fools and lapdogs.
Yeah.