Arson attacks and narco-blockades continue in Jalisco as CJNG responds to El Mencho’s death

Various acts of unit and vandalism were committed successful Guadalajara and different parts of the authorities of Jalisco connected Monday nighttime successful an evident continuation of the hostile absorption to the decease connected Sunday of Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) person Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes.

Guadalajara-based paper El Informador and different media outlets reported connected arson attacks and road blockades successful Jalisco, the main stronghold of the almighty CJNG.

CJNG members promptly launched a wide and highly convulsive effect to the decease of their longtime leader, who died aft helium was changeable by Mexican subject forces during an cognition successful the municipality of Tapalpa, Jalisco, connected Sunday morning.

Below is simply a summary of the incidents that occurred connected Monday nighttime successful Jalisco. It has not been confirmed that cartel members were liable for these evident arson attacks.

• A caller exemplary car was acceptable connected occurrence astatine an intersection successful the vicinity of Oblatos, located a fewer kilometers southeast of the historical halfway of Guadalajara.
• Vehicles were besides acceptable connected occurrence successful assorted different parts of the metropolitan country of Guadalajara, according to a study by El Heraldo de México.
• A occurrence broke retired astatine a “Punto Limpio” recycling/garbage postulation constituent successful the Guadalajara vicinity of Mezquitán Country. 
• An OXXO store successful the Mariano Otero vicinity of Zapopan was targeted successful an arson attack. El Informador reported that individuals threw a flammable entity astatine the counter, sparking a blaze that firefighters subsequently extinguished.
• A occurrence occurred successful the Altea buying halfway successful Tonalá, a municipality successful the Guadalajara metropolitan area.
• Another occurrence occurred successful a location successful the vicinity of Toluquilla, located successful the Tlaquepaque municipality successful the Guadalajara metropolitan area.
• A conveyance was acceptable connected occurrence connected the Lagos de Moreno-Zapotlanejo road adjacent the Jalostotitlán toll booth, according to motorists.

Se reporta un nuevo bloqueo en la carretera rumbo a Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco, con dos unidades incendiadaspic.twitter.com/4bQTTPykqO

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Narco-blockades 

Alleged criminals acceptable up aggregate blockades connected highways successful the municipality of Autlán de Navarro, located successful confederate Jalisco, not acold from the borderline with Colima.

El Informador reported that fires occurred connected the El Grullo-Autlán authorities road adjacent the El Mezquite bridge. Federal Highway 80 was besides chopped disconnected successful Autlán owed to blockades acceptable up by criminals.

Another fiery narco-blockade was reported successful the municipality of El Aguacate, located successful the municipality of Cihuatlán connected the borderline with Colima.

Citing section reports, the paper Reforma reported that determination were “multiple” confrontations, narco-blockades and vehicles acceptable connected occurrence aboriginal Tuesday successful the municipalities of Tonaya, Cihuatlán, Tecolotlán, Autlán and San Juan de los Lagos.

A member of “El Mencho,” Abraham Oseguera Cervantes, was arrested successful Autlán successful April 2024. He was subsequently released from situation aft a justice ruled that determination was insufficient grounds to enactment him connected trial. However, the older member of “El Mencho” was arrested again successful aboriginal 2025.

Reforma reported that Autlán is considered a “strategic point” for the CJNG, and noted that authorities had searched for “El Mencho” successful the municipality.

Federal information furniture acknowledges blockades successful Jalisco 

On Monday morning, some President Claudia Sheinbaum and Security Minister Omar García Harfuch said that each the narco-blockades that affected highways and roads successful 20 states connected Sunday had been removed.

However, successful a societal media station connected Monday night, the national government’s information furniture acknowledged that “several blockades” were acceptable up successful Jalisco during the people of the day.

The information cabinet, made up officials from assorted national information forces arsenic good arsenic the Security Ministry and the Interior Ministry, said soon earlier 10 p.m. Monday that 83% of the caller blockades had been cleared but 7 remained active.

It besides said that “isolated blockades” had occurred successful the states of Michoacán and Nayarit. The information furniture said that authorities person responded “immediately” to those blockades.

Jalisco politician updates citizens 

In a societal media station connected Tuesday morning, Jalisco Governor Pablo Lemus reported that nationalist transport services were operating usually crossed the state.

He besides said that Guadalajara’s main wholesale market, el Mercado de Abastos, was functioning usually connected Tuesday greeting and highlighted that businesses were open.

“My designation to the transport workers, work providers, workers, businesspeople, and nine successful general. Together we volition retrieve our authorities and our city,” Lemus wrote.

On Monday night, the politician said that classes of “all acquisition levels” would resume connected Wednesday.

He besides said that successful Puerto Vallarta, “we person deployed capable unit to guarantee the resumption of nationalist transport service, and the proviso of nutrient and services for the edifice portion and the colonisation successful general.”

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On Sunday, Lemus issued a Code Red information alert, advising residents of Jalisco to enactment wrong owed to ongoing information incidents. On Monday night, helium indicated that the Code Red alert could beryllium lifted connected Tuesday, arsenic agelong arsenic the information concern doesn’t deteriorate.

García Harfuch reported connected Monday that 25 National Guard officers, a authorities constabulary officer, a situation defender and a pistillate — reportedly large — were killed successful attacks successful Jalisco pursuing the cognition targeting “El Mencho.”

He besides said that 34 criminals were killed successful incidents pursuing the Sunday greeting subject operation.

With reports from Informador, López-Dóriga Digital, Reforma and El Heraldo de México