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Trouble in paradise: Big Timber couple has pool-side seat to Puerto Vallarta cartel chaos

Foreboding crept over Big Timber residents Joe and Becky Linn-Todisco as they watched billowing smoke from burning vehicles and buildings in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, from the safety of nearby Velas Vallarta Resort on Sunday. No airplanes could be seen in a usually busy sky. "El Mencho", one

Puerto Vallarta: the Mexican paradise in flames over the killing of 'El Mencho'

Puerto Vallarta: the Mexican paradise in flames over the killing of 'El Mencho'

Known as a sunny tourist paradise, parts of the coastal city of Puerto Vallarta seem more like the set of a war film in the aftermath of violent chaos spurred by the capture and death of Mexico's most-wanted drug lord. Dozens of incinerated vehicles lined the streets