måndag 23 februari 2026
Latin American Drug Trafficking
US Ambassador Praises Operation Against “El Mencho”
The US ambassador to Mexico is praising the military operation that killed cartel leader Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes on Sunday, CNN reports.
“I express my respect and solidarity with the Mexican officials and security forces who confront these criminal elements every day, often at great personal risk,” writes Ronald Johnson.
“El Mencho” was the leader of the Jalisco Nueva Generación cartel, which according to Johnson has been designated by the US as a narco-terrorist organization and responsible for smuggling fentanyl into the US.
The killing of “El Mencho” has led to widespread unrest in several states in Mexico, where cars and houses have been set on fire and roads blocked. Several countries, including Sweden, have urged their citizens to follow the instructions of the authorities.
Embassy warns Swedes after unrest
The Swedish embassy in Mexico issued a warning yesterday following unrest in the state of Jalisco following the death of cartel leader “El Mencho”. However, the warning applies to several places in the country, including the tourist resorts of Tulum and Playa del Carmen.
“Follow the instructions of local authorities and avoid crowds. The situation can change quickly,” the embassy writes on Sweden Abroad.
Embassies of other countries have also issued warnings to their citizens, including the USA, Canada, Germany and Denmark.
Greenland crisis US threat
Envoy after Greenland's refusal to send hospital ship: "Shame on you!"
US special envoy to Greenland Jeff Landry writes on X that Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen should be ashamed, Danish media report. This after Nielsen said no to the hospital ship that Donald Trump said he would send to Greenland.
Landry writes that he has "talked to many Greenlanders" about their everyday problems and that the issue of healthcare often comes up.
"A healthy Greenland is crucial for US national security," he writes further.
TV2 points out, however, that Landry has not visited Greenland since he was appointed special envoy in December last year. However, he was recently visited by Greenlandic Trump supporter Jørgen Boassen.
The envoy's shameful words are a "clear escalation"
The fact that US special envoy to Greenland Jeff Landry believes that the head of the Greenland government should be ashamed of having turned down Trump's hospital ship is a "clear escalation". This is according to TV2's US correspondent Lotte Mejlhede.
- While yesterday there were several people on the diplomatic side who probably hoped that this issue of an American hospital ship could run into the sand, that is not where we are anymore, she says.
According to Mejlhede, a response from Denmark and Greenland is required to Landry's new statement. She says that a situation has arisen where the US is demanding to be given a gift that no one asked for.
Situation in North Korea
North Korea's Kim Jong-Un re-elected as party leader
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has been re-elected as general secretary of the Workers' Party that governs the country. This is reported by several media outlets, citing the state news agency KCNA.
All of the approximately 5,000 delegates at the party's congress supported the decision, as expected. In his opening speech at the congress on Friday, Kim said that North Korea has overcome "the worst difficulties" and is now entering an era of "optimism and confidence," writes TT.
Designated successor has not been seen
Recently, increasingly persistent rumors have claimed that North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has appointed his 13-year-old daughter Ju Ae as his successor. But during the Workers' Party congress that began on Friday, she has not yet been seen, Reuters reports.
Nor have there been any signs of major changes in the political lines. Instead, the focus has been on the party's claim to have brought the country out of an economic crisis. Kim Yong-Un, who was re-elected as party leader yesterday as planned, has however promised in advance that the "next phase" of the country's nuclear weapons program will be announced during the congress, writes AFP.
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