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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Wonder is Sammy Hagar still has his place down there?
Straight from San Diego -
Baja California on alert after death of cartel leader: What you need to know
https://timesofsandiego.com/crime/2026/02/23/bc-alert-death-cjng-leader-what-you-need-to-know/
The problem for Trump’s enemies is that reality keeps happening, thus vindicating his common sense positions. Such as border enforcement. So, when you’re a pos leftist like some here at FR, you just sit around waiting for another shoe of reality to drop.
Their advice doesn’t beat yours.
What travelers need to know as violence disrupts parts of Mexico
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/22/travel/what-to-do-stranded-mexico-intl-hnk
You’re never gonna make it kid. Embrace your mediocracy, it will be much easier for you. Vaya con Dios hijo.
Even sportsball. Terrifying? Not possible.
NFL fans fear for Mexico City game featuring 49ers after cartel violence and terrifying civil unrest
https://www.the-sun.com/sport/15989298/nfl-mexico-game-49ers-cartel-violence/
You just may not be paying attention. It happens sometimes.
Security forces keep up fight with cartel gunmen a day after the Mexican military killed a drug lord
Let’s make our new border the Panama canal.
Could be an acquaintance.
Powerful cartel boss killed had Sacramento ties
No thanks, they’ll all vote Democrat.
This is getting embarrassing.
Sacramento woman recounts chaos in Mexico after cartel leader’s death
https://fox40.com/news/sacramento-woman-recounts-chaos-in-mexico-after-cartel-leaders-death/
Short for “Nemesio’’ a mans name in Spanish.
More sportsball.
Soccer matches postponed amid violence after army kills Mexican cartel leader ‘El Mencho’
Still not happening.
Foreign Relations Democrat reacts to Mexican drug lord slaying: ‘scale of destruction shows how powerful the cartel is’
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/23/world/video/ebof-jeff-merkley-mexico-drug-boss-el-mencho-killed
You got video? They got video.
‘It definitely looked like a war zone’: Americans shelter in place as violence erupts in Mexico
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/23/world/video/ebof-american-tourist-stranded-in-mexico-eugene-marchenko
Past, present and future!
Will the killing of ‘El Mencho’ set off turf wars and narco-terrorism across Mexico?
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/23/americas/jalisco-cjng-sinaloa-mexico-cartels-war-intl-latam
Bombs even.
Stranded Americans describe car bomb going off near their vacation condo in Mexico
Again with the terrifying. More video.
‘Terrifying’: Tourist describes chaos in Mexico
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/23/world/video/mexico-military-clashed-with-crime-groups-witness-digvid
Lots & lots of video of something that’s not happening.
Travelers panic at Guadalajara airport following killing of Mexico’s most-wanted drug leader
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/22/world/video/mexico-travelers-panic-digvid
Tough times at the travel agency.
Mexico travel advisory: Death of cartel leader sparks unrest
https://www.foxla.com/news/mexico-travel-advisory-some-airlines-suspend-flights-amid-unrest
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