Mexico attack

Mexico’s security forces have been hit by a wave of coordinated attacks in different parts of the country following the death of one of Mexico’s most powerful drug traffickers, according to officials on Monday, as warnings of potential violence related to internal conflicts within the criminal group emerged.

Security Minister Omar García Harfuch said that 25 members of Mexico’s National Guard and one private security guard had been killed in retaliatory attacks by suspected cartel gunmen following the capture and death of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, commonly known as “El Mencho,” just hours after Mexican forces arrested the cartel leader in …