NPR News: 02-22-2026 4PM EST
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Amy Held. The Mexican military has killed one of the country's most powerful drug lords, also sought by the U.S. NPR's Eder Peralta reports his death has now unleashed a new wave of violence.
Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes was better known as El Mencho, and he turned the Jalisco New Generation cartel into one of the most powerful organized crime groups in the world.
What happened to the powerful drug lord El Mencho?
The US was offering a $15 million bounty for El Mencho, accusing his cartel of making billions of dollars by shipping fentanyl and cocaine to the US. Mexico's defense ministry said El Mencho was injured during an operation to capture him in the state of Jalisco. He died while being airlifted to Mexico City. At the same time, members of his cartel have unleashed violence across the state. In Guadalajara and Puerto Vallarta, armed men have set cars and businesses on fire. El Mencho's death now leaves a power vacuum in Mexico, and that is usually followed by intense violence. Eric Peralta, NPR News, Mexico City.
How is El Mencho's death affecting violence in Mexico?
U.S.-Iran talks seem to be back on, according to foreign ministers from mediator Oman and Iran. Abbas Arakci telling CBS Iran has every right to enjoy a peaceful nuclear energy program, including enrichment, and there's no need for a U.S. military buildup. Negotiations are planned for this Thursday in Geneva, the U.S. threatening to attack if they fail. The Secret Service says agents shot dead a man in his early 20s who breached the perimeter at Mar-a-Lago early this morning. Authorities say he was observed carrying a shotgun and a fuel can. Rafael Barros is with the Secret Service.
Only words that we said to him was drop the items, which means the gas can and the shotgun. He put the gas can down and pointed the shotgun at the officers.
President Trump was in Washington, not at his Florida residence at the time. The EU, the U.S. 's top global trading partner, is demanding clarity. President Trump announced new 15 percent global tariffs under a different section of the Trade Act after the Supreme Court ruled Friday he did not have emergency powers to impose his sweeping global tariffs. The new tariffs would have a shelf life of 150 days. NPR's Mara Liason reports the timing puts the spotlight on a hot-button issue right around the midterm elections, with congressional Republicans seeking to retain their majority.
They thought that they would no longer have to defend these unpopular tariffs and maybe prices would go down. But that optimism lasted about five minutes because Trump immediately said that not only was he going to put more tariffs on under a different authority, but that authority calls for congressional approval. So now Republicans in Congress are going to have to show their loyalty to Donald Trump by voting to impose tariffs, taking personal responsibility for this. This is something they don't want to do.
The Supreme Court did not lay out how U.S. businesses might possibly get refunds from billions in tariffs now deemed illegal. It's NPR News. A winter storm is bringing blizzard conditions from Delaware to New England, disrupting more than 7,000 U.S. flights and making travel treacherous in major cities. Here's Boston Mayor Michelle Wu.
Please make plans to stay inside, stay warm, do not be on the roads. We're seeing that the rate of snowfall could be upwards of an inch, two inches an hour. That will be whiteout conditions.
In New York City, the mayor has imposed a travel ban. From 9 tonight till noon tomorrow, vehicles must stay off the roadways. And for the city's famed Broadway district, this means the show does not go on tonight. Jeff London reports.
Broadway matinees are going on today as planned, but with heavy snowfall and blizzard conditions forecast to begin around 7 p.m. and evening travel bans in the New York area, the Broadway League, an organization of producers and theater owners, has decided to cancel evening performances. This affects several shows, including Ann Juliet and Stranger Things, among others. There's no word yet about Monday performances.
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