Blake Hayes of WGAN sister station 93.1 The Coast is now stranded in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, where violence has erupted following a cartel leader’s killing.
Blake has posted several video messages, saying he and his party were sheltering in place at a hotel and described what looked like an explosion and a military helicopter nearby.
He also said he was separated from his husband, who hunkered down in a condo building while looking for a gym before safely running back to their hotel.
Blake also did an interview on CNN on Monday afternoon.
He was scheduled to return to Maine Monday, but his flight was already affected by the blizzard conditions.
He now has a flight to leave Mexico on Thursday, but conditions at that point are not certain.
Flights from the U.S. to Puerto Vallarta and Guadalajara have been especially impacted by the violence
The violence erupted after the Mexican army killed the country’s most powerful cartel leader, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, during an attempt to capture him in Jalisco state (where Puerto Vallarta and Guadalajara are located.)
It was the highest-profile blow against cartels since the Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was captured a decade ago,
