A Des Moines metro official on vacation in Mexico as violence broke out following the killing of a drug cartel leader said the fires and tense moments have not changed his views of the country and its people.
Meanwhile, an Iowan from Spencer told a USA TODAY reporter he had endured a wild cab ride and chaos at the airport in the same coastal city of Puerto Vallarta, in the Mexican state of Jalisco.
The two men’s experiences are the result of a Mexican military operation backed by U.S. intelligence that on Sunday, Feb. 22 killed the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, or “El Mencho.”…