I arrived in Mazatlán, Mexico, today (to visit my two amigos that had been here since January).
I was not sure right up until Sunday night that my trip would happen, because violence broke out in Puerto Vallarta and Jalisco state over the weekend after drug lord El Mencho was killed in an operation.
Here is a brief update from the New York Times:
The authorities in Mexico appeared to have restored order in multiple cities on Monday after a wave of violence set off by the killing of a major cartel leader left highways blocked, buildings burned and at least 62 people dead.
Mexico’s most powerful criminal organization, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, unleashed the chaos after its leader, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes or El Mencho, the nation’s most wanted cartel boss, died in a military raid on Sunday in western Jalisco State.
Pictures below:
There was a system-wide glitch with the new automated bag drop machines at Seattle airport when I checked in early this morning, but it was soon resolved;
The Boeing 737 MAX 9 (twin-jet) at the gate that took us to Los Angeles’s LAX airport;
Alaska Air and United Airlines airplanes at Terminal 6 at LAX;
Stepping on board the Boeing 737-900 (twin-jet) that took us to Mazatlán;
Welcome sign with picture of Old Mazatllan, on the wall at arrival in the airport;
Sunset over the Pacific Ocean tonight, seen from the beach by Centro Histórico, or Old Mazatlán.
