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Mexico Is Racing To Avoid a Drug War

The Wall Street Journal

February 24, 2026

Kingpin's death likely will spark nationwide battle for control of the Jalisco cartel

- BY SANTIAGO PÉREZ AND JOSÉ DE CÓRDOBA

A soldier stood guard near a bus that was set on fire in Michoacán state, Mexico, on Sunday.

ARMANDO SOLIS/ASSOCIATED PRESS

This story is from the February 24, 2026 edition of The Wall Street Journal.

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