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Shootings at intersections, vehicle and gas station fires, roadblocks… The fall of El Menchothe boss of Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), has unleashed a wave of violence in Mexico, with members of the criminal organization showing all their firepower in the streets of several cities and seeking revenge for the death of their leader, eliminated by the Mexican Army.
The clashes in places in Jalisco such as Puerto Vallarta, Zapopan or Tapalpa, where the military operation to capture Nemesio Oseguera Cervanteshave been settled for the moment with 26 dead and thirty arrested.
According to the newspaper The Day, 17 members of the security forces Mexican have lost their lives in different confrontations and ambushes perpetrated by members of the CJNG. A pregnant woman was killed in a shooting in Zapopan and a security guard died during the riot registered in the Ixtapa prisonattacked by armed men from the cartel and from which several prisoners escaped.
Video | Several Mexican cities face violence from the Jalisco New Generation Cartel after the death of ‘El Mencho’
The preliminary balance shows that eight members of the CJNG, including El Menchodied during the wave of violence that occurred this Sunday in at least 23 states of the country, according to The Universal.
A CJNG member explained to the agency Reuters He said the sporadic fires and shootings were carried out in “revenge” for the elimination of his boss, but warned that there will be more bloodshed as different factions try to gain control.
Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, 59, died while being airlifted to Mexico City by federal forces after a operational in the municipality of Tapalpa130 kilometers south of Guadalajara, capital of Jalisco.
The operation, carried out by Mexican soldiers, had the intelligence help provided by the Joint Interagency Task Force Against Cartels (JITF-CC), a group under the umbrella of the US Army’s Northern Command created last month.
In response to the fall of El Menchothe calls began ‘narcoblockades’ in different parts of southern Jaliscobirthplace of the CJNG, with burned vehicles and closed roads. The state government activated the “code red” and suspended public transportation in some areas and in-person classes on Monday, including university classes.
🇲🇽 The Ministry of Defense has confirmed that El Mencho, boss of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, has died after an operation in the mountains of Jalisco pic.twitter.com/y78CxrNg7H
— EL ESPAÑOL (@elespanolcom) February 23, 2026
The reaction spread to neighboring states such as Michoacán, Colima and Nayarit (west), and later to Guanajuato, Aguascalientes (center), Tamaulipas, Baja California (north), Guerrero and Quintana Roo (south), where up to 252 blockades, fires to vehicles and businesses – including branches of the government’s Banco del Bienestar – were reported.
Gradual calm
According to The Universalthey registered attacks on several National Guard bases in which an undetermined number of deaths and injuries have been recorded. In San Juan de Lagos, Jalisco, the “majority” of the agents would have lost their lives.
The Government of Jalisco announced that some of the public transport routes, suspended due to the riots, are already being gradually reactivated, and announced that 100% of the network will be operational “in the next few hours.”
The alert was extended to the Mexican capital with the transfer at the end of Sunday afternoon of the body of El Mencho from the hangar of the Attorney General’s Office (FGR), escorted by federal forces to the agency’s forensic services in Mexico City, where identification tests and official expert reports will be carried out.
For her part, the president Claudia Sheinbaum He called on the population to remain “informed and calm” and recognized the armed forces for the operation that led to the dejection of the CJNG leader.
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