Criminal gangs have torched buses and cars and set up roadblocks in several Mexican states after security forces shot the leader of the cartel Jalisco New Generation yesterday. Parker Asmann, with the investigative outlet Insight Crime, tells The World’s Host Marco Werman why the death of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as “El Mencho,” is unlikely to bring down the cartel he headed.
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