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Panicked air travelers ran for their lives at one of Mexico’s busiest airports on Sunday as cartel violence erupted at a popular resort region in the Central American nation, new footage shows.
Dozens of luggage-lugging passengers poured through doors at Guadalajara International Airport as others cowered behind counters, dramatic video obtained by The Post shows – as rattled Mexicans and tourists alike hunkered down to avoid the vengeance from narco thugs.
The mayhem, which spread fear at the popular Pacific resort of Puerto Vallarta and across the state of Jalisco, came after a Mexican army raid took out notorious drug lord Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes.
The cartel violence shut down businesses, forced tourists to remain holed up in their hotels, and has prompted Jalisco officials to order schools closed on Monday.
It also has every one jumpy.
The Pacific Airport Group said in a statement Sunday that the Mexican National Guard had been dispatched to the Guadalajara airport, but said no incidents had taken place there, and attributed reports to the contrary to “panic among passengers.”
Oseguera Cervantes, 53, the head of the violent Jalisco New Generation Cartel, was under indictment in the US for drug trafficking, with a $15 million bounty on his head.
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