Violence has erupted in Mexico’s Puerto Vallarta following studies that cartel boss Nemesio “El Mencho” Cervantes was killed… however a minimum of one well-known hotspot says that it’s enterprise as traditional.
A spokesperson for Lodge Casa Kimberly — the previous love nest of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton — tells TMZ the property has sustained no injury amid the unrest and is absolutely operational for friends.
A rep for Casa Kimberly says presently, the resort group continues to concentrate on guaranteeing all friends, employees, and group are nicely cared for and safe.
The historic property — as soon as dwelling to Hollywood’s most notorious romance within the 60s — was reworked right into a luxurious boutique resort with 9 suites, open-air eating and the preserved Puente del Amor, aka the Bridge of Love, connecting the 2 unique houses.
Elizabeth and Richard visited Puerto Vallarta in 1963 throughout the filming of “The Evening of the Iguana” and ended up shopping for property within the space. They’ve been credited with reworking it right into a well-known vacationer vacation spot.
Outdoors these partitions, although, it’s been something however romantic. Suspected cartel members reportedly blocked main roads, torched autos, looted shops and triggered flight cancellations — with authorities issuing shelter-in-place orders.
The chaos erupted after Mexican navy forces killed Oseguera, the chief of the Jalisco New Era Cartel, throughout a shootout roughly 180 miles east of Puerto Vallarta.