Mexican security forces killed the drug lord, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as El Mencho, the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, on Sunday.

Violence erupted in various locations around Mexico after the death of a cartel leader.

An ex-police officer, Oseguera, 60, was the shadowy leader of the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), an international criminal enterprise widely viewed as one of Mexico's most powerful.