In nine years of wintering in Puerto Vallarta, the sun-washed resort city on Mexico’s Pacific Coast, Berl Schwartz has heard plenty of rumors about the cartel presence.

Chicagoans visiting Mexico described the tense moments they spent hiding or running away from men carrying guns. Others with roots in western Mexico said the violence hits close to home.

Around 10,000 troops have been deployed to restore order after violence spread across 20 of Mexico’s 32 states.

Maria Dolores Aguirre’s family corner store has lived off tourism that has flowed into her charming cobblestoned town of Tapalpa, tucked away in the mountains of Jalisco state.

The killing of Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes in an operation in Jalisco state is likely sending "psychological shockwaves" through Mexico's drug cartels, a former high-place U.S. official told CBC News on Monday.

Paul Kirkpatrick lives in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico, which erupted into cartel retaliation violence on Sunday after the Mexican army killed cartel leader El Mencho.

School was canceled in several Mexican states and local and foreign governments alike warned their citizens to stay inside following the army’s killing, and the violence it spurred.

Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes has been in the crosshairs of Mexican law enforcement since at least 2015, when his associates allegedly shot down a military helicopter in Jalisco, Mexico, and killed