India, Feb. 23 -- As reports of a shooting incident at Guadalajara International Airport broke on Sunday, the Mexican Embassy in Washington issued an urgent fact-check. This comes hours after officials confirmed that the military had wounded Nemesio Oseguera, the 59-year-old leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. He died while being flown to Mexico City. El Mencho's death sparked widespread violence across Mexico, with scary videos emerging from Guadalajara, Puerto Vallarta and Tapalpa.

The military said that the raid was carried out with "complementary information" from US authorities. Six suspected cartel gunmen, besides Oseguera, were killed, and three soldiers were wounded. Two cartel suspects were arrested and a variety of wea...