Mexican Americans worry about families after cartel violence
USA TODAY
Many Mexican Americans have family living in areas afflicted by organized crime and violent outbursts after drug lord's killing.
Days after chaotic displays of cartel-related violence in the Mexican state of Jalisco, Eva Zarate’s group chats, with family in Mexico and the United States, went quiet.
Cars and Oxxo convenience stores burned across the region, including where her relatives live in Guadalajara. The unrest was in apparent retaliation for the Feb. 22 Mexican military operation in Jalisco, which officials said led to the capture and death of drug cartel boss Nemesio Ruben Oseguera Cervantes.
Many Mexican Americans like Zarate, a 33-year-old therapist who lives in Oakland, California, sent flurries of WhatsApp messages and calls checking on family.
They continuously try to work out how their families can remain safe in their cities, towns and villages amid the country’s decades-long, bloody war against organized crime, including the most recent takedown of another wanted drug trafficker.
Families in the United States are waiting to see how normalcy returns for relatives in Mexico, and what policies in both countries mean for families on either side of the border.
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