Posted on 02/23/2026 3:32:41 PM PST by Libloather
(FOX 5/KUSI) — The Mexican state of Baja California is far from the military operation that killed a powerful Mexican cartel boss, but the cartel’s outbreak of violence across the country in retribution reached the border region and its effects continued into Monday.
Mexican authorities killed Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes, the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, in a targeted operation in Tapalpa, Jalisco, in the central part of the country, early Sunday morning.
Within hours, the cartel’s operatives in more than a dozen states set fire to vehicles and buildings, including several branches of a government bank, with the most destruction concentrated in Guadalajara, Mexico’s second-largest city, and Puerto Vallarta, a coastal city popular with international travelers.
In Baja California, nearly two dozen incidents of burning vehicles and buildings were observed in four municipalities, including Tijuana, Mexicali, Tecate and San Quintin, although no injuries were reported, according to the governor’s office.
19 people were detained across the state in connection with the disturbances, state officials said.
In-person classes across Baja California were canceled for Monday, with educators hastily switching to virtual lessons for the day.
On Monday, the U.S. Embassy in Mexico issued a security alert for the Mexican states of Baja California, Nayarit and Jalisco, as well as parts of 11 other states, advising American citizens in those states to shelter in place.
Employees of the U.S. Consulate in Tijuana were instructed to work from home on Monday, as were those at consulates across more than a dozen Mexican states.
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Arthur was awesome.
It’s over for you and there is some dignity in admitting your situation.
There is Baja California and Baja California Sur
Over? Why would you think that?
Thank you. Never had I seen it refered that way.
Thank you
Yeah Biden & Co. made Mexico’s dream of the take over come true more ICE is needed.
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