Overview
- Mexico’s Defense Ministry said soldiers came under fire during the Jalisco operation and returned fire, with four CJNG members killed on site and three dying of wounds en route to Mexico City, including Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes.
- Jalisco Governor Pablo Lemus said the action occurred in the municipality of Tapalpa and declared a red alert as cartel members torched vehicles and erected roadblocks.
- Reports described disruptive roadblocks and arson across southern Jalisco and nearby Michoacán, with additional incidents noted in Colima, Tamaulipas, Guanajuato and Aguascalientes.
- Mexico said the operation was coordinated with Washington; United, Delta and Air Canada canceled flights to Puerto Vallarta; the U.S. advised citizens in Jalisco, Tamaulipas, Michoacán and Nuevo León to remain indoors.
- Oseguera Cervantes, long sought by Mexico and the U.S., led the CJNG, carried a $15 million bounty, and was described by the DEA as a top threat tied to major fentanyl and meth trafficking into U.S. cities including Chicago.