BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK/KBFX) — Roadblocks and burning vehicles were some of the chaos seen in different parts of Mexico after violence erupted following the Mexican army’s killing of the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, Nemesio Ruben Oseguera Cervantes, known as “El Mencho,” on Sunday.
The U.S. Department of State issued a shelter-in-place alert for Americans in the area as the situation unfolded.
Sandra, a Bakersfield resident who was in Guadalajara attending a beauty conference when the violence broke out, said she could hear the danger outside.
“We can hear the ambulance and we can hear gun shots and everything just being present,” Sandra said.
She said she was in shock as she watched people around her react…