A terrifying cartel banner was hung across a Tijuana high school that sits just on the other side of the American border after a murderous drug kingpin’s killing sparked chaos.
The banner, which showed support for Nemesio Oseguara Cervantes, also known as “El Mencho”, appeared Tuesday just days after special forces killed the cartel boss in an early morning raid Sunday.
The message on the poster translated in English read, “Whether they like it or not, they are ready… at Mencho’s command.”
Despite the fact that no direct threat was made to the high school, authorities decided to cancel classes for the day, according to El Financiero.
The principal activated security protocol through the 911 line, which suspended activities within the school to avoid any risks.
The State Attorney General for Baja California also showed up to the school. Calls to the AG’s office were not immediately returned to The Post.
Oseguera Cervantes was tracked and killed after intelligence agencies were able to follow one of his lovers to a secluded resort compound.
Mexico’s Defense Secretary Ricardo Trevilla said agents had identified a man close to the woman prior to Sunday’s raid.
The intelligence officers found she was taken to Tapalpa, a mountainside getaway community in Jalisco, where Oseguera and his men were located.
While the girlfriend eventually left the resort, El Mencho and his men remained holed up in the compound when the Mexican military deployed its special forces to take them out.
Once the troops got inside the Oseguera’s compound, heavily armed men fired at the soldiers, leading to a gunfight and chase in the woods near the resort that resulted in the death of four cartel members.
Three others were critically injured and died while being transported to a hospital in Mexico City, including Oseguera.
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