00:00So, Rawia, what exactly led to this eruption of violence in Mexico, of course, besides the capture of the cartel
00:07boss?
00:07But apparently there was a big telenovela story that led to the capture of El Mencho.
00:13Yes, I'll tell you about it in a minute. But the entire thing, I mean, if you saw the footage,
00:18it's like a war zone in here.
00:20But the violence started and it was sparked by a Mexican security operation targeting El Mencho.
00:28El Mencho, as you mentioned in your introduction, is a longtime leader of a cartel that he established himself.
00:37And it's called the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. It's one of the biggest cartels in Mexico and also one of
00:48the most militarized cartel.
00:51It's kind of different than other cartels in the country, but it is definitely the biggest.
00:55What happened was that apparently the authorities were tipped as to his whereabouts by a romantic partner of his.
01:07I don't know the exact details. There wasn't much information about exactly how, whether she volunteered the information or if
01:16she was questioned and forced to give such his whereabouts.
01:21But that's what happened. Clashes erupted in a place called or a town called Tapalpa in Jalisco.
01:32El Mencho was seriously injured and he was I think he was flown on a helicopter to Mexico City.
01:39Yet he died on the way before reaching Mexico City or the hospital.
01:44But the thing is that his death triggered a massive retaliation from his cartel members.
01:52As we can see, usually this cartel is extremely militarized.
01:58They have heavy weapons.
02:00So the scenes that you've seen on the streets in Mexico was their way, which is a quite a known
02:09way that they use usually whenever they are targeted.
02:12Their retaliation is extremely violent and it's panned over many, many different states in Mexico.
02:19I think this is absolutely old as well.
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