Mexico's president turns attention to cartel-plagued states

Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador gives his daily, morning news conference at the presidential palace, Palacio Nacional, in Mexico City, Monday, July 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

In this Feb. 13, 2020 photo, Alondra Mora holds a picture of her husband, Miguel Flores Lopez, 38, who disappeared Jan. 10, as she sits on the single bed the couple shared in the two-bedroom home where they lived with their four children, in Irapuato, Guanajuato state, Mexico. The Jalisco New Generation cartel is mounting a propaganda campaign in the area, using videos and social media to threaten rivals, while promising civilians that it won't prey on them with extortion and kidnappings. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)