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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. The Mexican military has killed one of the country's most

powerful drug lords, also sought by the U.S. And Peer Zeta Peralta reports his death has

unleashed a wave of violence. Nemesio Oseguera-S. was better known as El Mancho,

and he turned the Halisco New Generation Cartel into one of the most powerful

organized crime groups in the world. The U.S. was offering a $15 million bounty for El Mancho,

accusing his cartel of making billions of dollars by shipping fentanyl and cocaine to the U.S.

Mexico's defense ministry said El Mancho was injured during an operation to capture him in the state of

Halisco. He died while being airlifted to Mexico City. At the same time, members of his cartel have

unleashed violence across the state. In Huala, in Puerto Vall Yarta, armed men have set cars and

businesses on fire. El Mincho's death now leaves a power vacuum in Mexico, and that is usually

followed by intense violence. Adapalta, MPR News, Mexico City.

American businesses are trying to figure out how to get their money back for the tariffs they

paid in the past year. This after the Supreme Court ruled last week that about half of President

Trump's tariffs were collected illegally. And Piers Alina Celluluk reports, the Supreme Court ruled last week that about half of President Trump's tariffs were collected illegally.

And Piers Zelina Seleuk reports, the High Court, though, didn't set out a way for that money to be refunded.

Ask anyone who sells anything in the U.S., what's on their mind, and they'll probably say tariff refunds.

The U.S. government has collected more than $200 billion in tariffs imposed

by President Trump, but now the Supreme Court has struck down about half of them. Anyone who

paid those tariffs should get their money back, and that anyone is often small business owners

like Sarah Wells in Virginia. She sells backpacks and other products for new

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