Mexico is Burning
Simon Whistler · February 23, 2026 · 17 min video · Americas
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Terrifying, surreal, scary. These are some of the words that American tourists Jim Beck used on Sunday to describe the situation in Puerto Vallarta, a tourist town in Mexico's Jalisco state as it turns into a war zone. And even those words don't feel adequate enough to describe the magnitude of what's happening.
One video obtained by Fox News showed fires littered to gas station helicopters circling over the city and armed government forces on the backs of pickup trucks patrolling the streets. Another video posted on X allegedly showed gang members shooting from a moving vehicle as they headed for a confrontation with Mexican forces.
And the violence wasn't just limited to Puerto Vallarta.
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After El Mencho’s death, Mexico erupts in cartel violence—roadblocks, airport chaos, burning cities. How one kingpin’s killing pushed the nation to the brink and what it means for the drug war. Megaprojects: https://www.youtube.com/@megaprojects9649 SideProjects: https://www.youtube.com/@Sideprojects Into The Shadows: https://www.youtube.com/@IntotheShadows Today I Found Out: https://www.youtube.com/@TodayIFoundOut Brain Blaze: https://www.youtube.com/@brainblaze6526 Casual Criminalist: https://www.youtube.com/@TheCasualCriminalist Decoding the Unknown: https://www.youtube.com/@decodingtheunknown2373 Places: https://www.youtube.com/@Places302 Celestium: https://www.youtube.com/@Celestium1234 PoliticalFronts: http://www.youtube.com/@politicalfronts 00:00 Introduction 01:40 A Country On Its Knees 05:51 The Operation 10:58 What Next?
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