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Mexico\u2019s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, has said that there is \u201cno risk\u201d for visitors coming to Fifa World Cup<\/a> games scheduled to be held in the country, after the death of a top cartel boss triggered a wave of retaliatory violence from gunmen who blocked roads and attacked security forces across the country.<\/p>\n The Mexican military attempted to detain \u201cEl Mencho\u201d, the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, in a dawn raid on Sunday,<\/a> leading to a firefight in which he was fatally wounded, before dying while being airlifted to hospital.<\/p>\n Followers of El Mencho, whose real name is Nemesio Rub\u00e9n Oseguera Cervantes<\/a>, immediately took the streets, blocking almost 100 major roads and attacking national guard bases, particularly in the states of Jalisco and Michoac\u00e1n. At least 25 soldiers and 34 cartel gunmen died in the fighting.<\/p>\n Related: <\/span>Violence in Mexico after military kills notorious drug cartel boss \u2013 a visual guide<\/a><\/p>\n By Monday the violence had largely ebbed \u2013 but local media reported episodes of violence in several rural municipalities of Jalisco province over the night on Monday.<\/p>\n Guadalajara, the capital of Jalisco, is due to host four World Cup games. The tournament, which Mexico is co-hosting with the US and Canada, will also involve games in Monterrey and Mexico City, in the legendary Azteca stadium.<\/p>\n Sheinbaum said in her daily press conference on Tuesday that there are \u201call the guarantees\u201d for the World Cup to be held in Mexico.<\/p>\n Guadalajara and the resort city of Puerto Vallarta, which were all but shutdown by Sunday\u2019s violence, are gradually reopening this week.<\/p>\n \u201cLittle by little the situation [in Jalisco] is returning to normal,\u201d said Sheinbaum.<\/p>\n \u201cAt Fifa Mexico, we are closely monitoring the situation in Jalisco and remain in constant communication with the authorities,\u201d a Fifa spokesperson told Reuters<\/a> on Monday.<\/p>\n Sheinbaum also said she was considering taking legal action against tech billionaire Elon Musk after he alleged on Monday that she took orders from Mexico\u2019s drug cartels.<\/p>\n In a post on X following the killing of El Mencho, Musk responded to a 2025 video of Sheinbaum discussing cartel violence by saying that she was \u201csaying what her cartel bosses tell her to say<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n In the clip, Sheinbaum said a return to a \u201cwar on drugs\u201d was not an option.<\/p>\n \u201cThe war against the narco is outside of the law,\u201d she said. \u201cBecause it is permission to kill without any trial.\u201d<\/p>\n