Mexico has deployed 4,000 soldiers to the western states of Nayarit and Jalisco after violence erupted on Monday following the capture of a man believed to be a possible successor to “El Mencho,” Mexico’s most wanted drug lord, who was killed in February in a military operation. The arrest of Audias Flores Silvia, alias “The Gardener,” prompted gunmen to torch vehicles and shops. For years, the capture or killing of cartel leaders has been framed as a major victory in Mexico’s war on drugs.
Al Jazeera’s Julia Galiano reports.
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