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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Simon Calder

EXPLAINED: Flights finally resume from violence hit mexico resort after thousands stranded | Rare Historical Photos

Time to leave? Tourists in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, as violence flared in the wake of the killing of a drugs kingpin - (Reuters)

Three days after violence flared across Mexico following the killing of a drug cartel leader, flights are resuming from a key Pacific resort.

All flights to and from Puerto Vallarta and Guadalajara were grounded when criminal gangs went on the rampage to avenge the death of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes. “El Mencho”, as he was better known, lost his life during an operation by the Mexican military.

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