Re: Vehicles and businesses destroyed after authorities arrest drug cartel "bosses" in western Mexico

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Authorities made a series of arrests of drug cartel figures in 
western Mexico that set off the destruction of vehicles and 
businesses in two states in apparent reaction.

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador did not identify those 
arrested Tuesday in Jalisco state, but said soldiers had 
confronted criminals, including "bosses," at a "meeting of two 
gangs." There was a shootout, arrests and then "this provoked 
protests of burned vehicles, not only in Jalisco, but also in 
Guanajuato," he said.

Images circulated on social media showed men commandeering cars 
and buses and setting them on fire in the middle of roadways. 
Others showed burned-out convenience stores.

Cartels often create such chaos in an effort to keep authorities 
from transporting cartel bosses.

López Obrador said Wednesday authorities were still deployed in 
the areas, looking to make more arrests.

Jalisco Gov. Enrique Alfaro said via Twitter that no one was 
injured in the destruction that followed the arrests and "the 
situation is under control."

The region is dominated by the Jalisco New Generation cartel 
(CJNG), which the Department of Justice considers to be "one of 
the five most dangerous transnational criminal organizations in 
the world."

The cartel's leader, Nemesio Oseguera, "El Mencho," is among the 
most sought by Mexican and U.S. authorities. There was no 
indication Oseguera was present during the clash.

In May, Mexican authorities announced they captured a suspected 
leader of the CJNG. Francisco Javier Rodriguez Hernandez, known 
as "El Señorón" or "XL" or "Frank," was apprehended in the 
tourist city of Mazatlan, in the northwest state of Sinaloa, in 
an operation carried out by navy agents.

Mexico has been trapped in a spiral of cartel-related violence 
that has left more than 340,000 dead since 2006, when the 
government launched a controversial anti-drug operation with 
federal troops.

In April, López Obrador confirmed that Mexico had dissolved a 
special unit trained by U.S. authorities to fight drug cartels 
because it was infiltrated by criminals.

A month prior, López Obrador accused popular television shows of 
glamorizing the violent drug trade. He criticized TV series on 
platforms such as Netflix, saying they presented a rose-colored 
version of the lifestyles of drug traffickers.

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