{"id":321633,"date":"2026-02-27T21:02:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T21:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/inside-in-the-mexican-town-where-drug-lord-el-mencho-was-killed\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T21:02:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T21:02:03","slug":"inside-in-the-mexican-town-where-drug-lord-el-mencho-was-killed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/inside-in-the-mexican-town-where-drug-lord-el-mencho-was-killed\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside in the Mexican town where drug lord &#8216;El Mencho&#8217; was killed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/BjgPJ2GOszo\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Inside in the Mexican town where drug lord 'El Mencho' was killed\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BjgPJ2GOszo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Fires are still burning in the Mexican town of Tapalpa four days after the cartel boss known as &#8216;El Mencho&#8217; took his last stand. <\/p>\n<p>Guardian correspondent Tom Phillips drove to the locations of fierce clashes between police and gang members who dug trenches, set fire to shops and sparked a forest blaze that was still burning days later. <\/p>\n<p>Despite their efforts to distract security forces, the 59-year-old drug lord was wounded and he died in a helicopter on the way to the hospital <\/p>\n<p> Shell-shocked and tense: inside the Mexican tourist town where \u2018El Mencho\u2019 made his last stand<br \/>\n Violence in Mexico after military kills notorious drug cartel boss \u2013 a visual guide<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fires are still burning in the Mexican town of Tapalpa four days after the cartel boss known as &#8216;El Mencho&#8217; took his last stand. 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