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Shell-shocked and tense: inside the Mexican tourist town where ‘El Mencho’ made his last stand

International EN 27 Feb 2026, 13:56 Source: The Guardian

Tapalpa deserted and scared by day of terror in which feared drug lord’s reign came to an end during military raidTwo days before one of the world’s most powerful drug lords was killed while trying to flee a chalet in the hills outside Mexico’s second biggest city, the Tapalpa Co...

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