Mexican drug lord killing sparks revenge attacks; cars and businesses set ablaze, highways blocked - Reuters

<a href="https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMixAFBVV95cUxNcXc1VjlrU2JodF90cFAzTks2N0xvU0VmVGdKdV9nS250eFg0Rmo3alU3VndfcV90c0ZPTWNTM2x2RHhHZXRzV1lRV3N2dXlGdmdHN0xNVVphdGR2MENXa29YdF9JNm1TUzhDd0FGaHdIdk5TTWF1Zm52X3oxQVZCQ3R1Yi1DbFFMcnRET3RUWVdYLVRvTmFiNXhZNmoxSmJnbWlEcWk2VFVoSEJuSzR1aDVzc05LZnBuLWs2ckdQR3VQck1Y?oc=5" target="_blank">Mexican drug lord killing sparks revenge attacks; cars and businesses set ablaze, highways blocked</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color="#6f6f6f">Reuters</font>

Following the killing of 'El Mencho,' gunmen blocked highways across several states and set cars and businesses ablaze. In some towns, residents were urged to stay indoors, and truckers were advised to take safe routes or return to their depots until the violence abated.

Within hours of the killing of Mexican drug lord Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, better known as El Mencho, in a military raid on Sunday, gunmen suspected to be his loyalists blocked motorways across several states and set cars and businesses ablaze. Tourists and residents were urged to stay indoors in some towns, while lorry drivers were advised to take safe routes or return to depots until the violence eased. Several airlines, including Air Canada, United Airlines, and Aeromexico, cancelled flights to Puerto Vallarta, a beachside resort town where tourists filmed smoke rising from fires.

Within hours of the killing of Mexican drug lord Nemesio Oseguera, better known as El Mencho, in a military raid on Sunday, gunmen suspected to be his supporters blocked highways across several states and set cars and businesses ablaze. Roadblocks paralyzed the highly transited Mexico-Puebla highway. In the state of Colima, cartel members standing in pick-up trucks blocked a road. A trucking industry group said in a statement it was 'profoundly worried' by the highway violence and recommended that truckers keep to safe areas or return to their operating yards until conditions improved.