Puerto Vallarta News
Puerto Vallarta News

The most local news coverage in Puerto Vallarta

Leader of the “Los Zetas” cartel killed by COVID-19 at Jalisco prison

Sick from COVID-19, Moisés Escamilla May, leader of the criminal group “Los Zetas”, who was imprisoned for the beheading of 12 people in Cancún, Quintana Roo, died in the Puente Grande Federal Prison in Jalisco.

The authorities reported that on May 6, the cartel leader entered the medical area of ​​the prison with respiratory problems and died two days later; He was 45 years old and apparently had no other disease.

As of this Saturday night, the Jalisco Health Secretariat reported that in the Puente Grande Penitentiary Complex there were a total of 74 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and the majority are asymptomatic patients who have not required hospitalization.

To date there are two recovered inmates who have completed 21 days of isolation and have negative results for SAR-CoV-2 with a PCR test.

Related Posts

Two Swimmers Rescued at Villa Varadero in Nuevo Vallarta

Two Swimmers Rescued at Villa Varadero in Nuevo Vallarta

Two swimmers were rescued near the Villa Varadero breakwater in Nuevo Vallarta on Monday, four...
Puerto Vallarta airport traffic fell 19.8% in October

Puerto Vallarta airport traffic fell 19.8% in October

Puerto Vallarta airport handled 354,000 passengers in October, down 19.8% from a year earlier. Domestic...
puerto vallarta real estate

Puerto Vallarta Real Estate Sales Report October 2026

Regional home sales slowed in October, but 76 condos went pending. This month’s PVDN Insider...
Two cruise ships due in Puerto Vallarta on Tuesday

Two cruise ships due in Puerto Vallarta on Tuesday

Carnival Panorama and Koningsdam are due in Puerto Vallarta on Nov. 10. Koningsdam is scheduled...