{"id":80725,"date":"2026-02-23T08:30:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T13:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=80725"},"modified":"2026-02-23T08:30:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T13:30:25","slug":"tourists-trapped-as-mexico-battles-drug-cartel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/tourists-trapped-as-mexico-battles-drug-cartel\/","title":{"rendered":"Tourists Trapped As Mexico Battles Drug Cartel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>From Fox News:<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Following the reported killing of major cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera, known as &#8220;El Mencho,&#8221; multiple American tourists vacationing in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/travel\/vacation-destinations\/puerto-vallarta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Puerto Vallarta<\/a>\u00a0told Fox News Digital they unexpectedly found themselves in the middle of a violent cartel retaliation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">As airlines canceled flights and authorities issued shelter-in-place orders, stranded visitors reported cars set ablaze, suspected cartel members blocking major roads, and stores ransacked by looters \u2014 scenes some witnesses said made parts of the popular resort city feel like &#8220;a war breaking out in the streets.&#8221;\u00a0Witnesses said they were forced to evacuate their rooms, manage with limited hotel food, and even venture outside in search of meals while waiting for Mexican authorities to regain control of the city.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gsp_post_data\" \r\n\t            data-post_type=\"post\" \r\n\t            data-cat=\"news\" \r\n\t            data-modified=\"120\"\r\n\t            data-created=\"1771835425\"\r\n\t            data-title=\"Tourists Trapped As Mexico Battles Drug Cartel\" \r\n\t            data-home=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Fox News: Following the reported killing of major cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera, known as &#8220;El Mencho,&#8221; multiple American tourists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-80725","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80725\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}