<figure id="attachment_3288240" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3288240" style="width: 1600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-3288240 size-full" src="https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/d76b3f3f-mexico-violence-jalisco-afp-23_02_26.webp" alt="" width="1600" height="1000" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-3288240" class="wp-caption-text">A security personnel stands guard near a burning bus on a main avenue after it was set alight by organised crime groups in response to an operation in Zapopan, Jalisco, to arrest drug kingpin Nemesio Oseguera. (AFP pic)</figcaption></figure>
GUADALAJARA: Multiple Mexican football games were suspended Sunday due to an outbreak of violence in the aftermath of the army killing a top cartel leader.
The cancelled games included the seventh round of the Clausura tournament of Mexico&#8217;s Liga MX professional football league, multiple women&#8217;s league matches and an international friendly match between Mexico and Iceland.
The matches were postponed in the aftermath of Mexican officials confirming the killing of Nemesio &#8220;El Mencho&#8221; Oseguera, leader of the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel, which saw retaliatory violence break out in several areas.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum urged citizens to remain calm and said the central government was in coordination with state authorities in response to the violence.

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Mexico football games cancelled over unrest following drug kingpin killing

Following operations against powerful drug lord Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, gunmen in Jalisco blocked roads and set vehicles and buildings alight in retaliatory attacks.

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