{"id":10406,"date":"2026-02-26T12:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T23:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cvnznews.com\/?p=10406"},"modified":"2026-02-26T12:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T23:32:11","slug":"did-a-civil-war-in-mexico-just-begin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cvnznews.com\/?p=10406","title":{"rendered":"Did A Civil War In Mexico Just Begin?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Selling illegal drugs to the United States is one of the central pillars of the Mexican economy. I understand that it isn\u2019t a pleasant thing to think about, but it is true. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cartels that control the flow of drugs into the U.S. have become exceedingly powerful over the years. The cartels essentially run much of the country, and collectively they probably possess more military firepower than the Mexican government does. The good news for the Mexican government is that the cartels are not united. They have always spent a tremendous amount of time and energy fighting one another, but if something occurred that changed all that, it would certainly be a very ominous development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have we just witnessed such an event?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Sunday, the death of El Mencho caused violence to erupt\u00a0all over Mexico\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nemesio Rub\u00e9n Oseguera Cervantes, known as \u201cEl Mencho,\u201d was killed in Tapalpa, Jalisco, Mexico on Sunday, Feb. 22, as part of a Mexican military operation. Oseguera was seriously injured in the shootout and died during air transfer to Mexico City. Six other cartel members were killed and two were arrested, Mexico\u2019s Ministry of National Defense announced. Three military members were also injured during the operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The operation set off a wave of civil unrest, with vehicles being torched and gunmen, believed to be supported of Oseguera, blocking highways in a more than a dozen states.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

His death is not going to do much to disrupt the operation of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel because it is highly decentralized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But it could potentially unite the cartels against a common enemy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Without a doubt, the JNGC is going be seeking revenge, and there have been\u00a0numerous reports of gunfire\u00a0in and around Puerto Vallarta within the past 24 hours\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Videos circulating on social media show vehicles burning in Puerto Vallarta, Guadalajara and Tapalpa, which are all located in the state of Jalisco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Armed thugs on motorcycles and the sounds of their gunfire have also been reported by residents of Puerto Vallarta. Videos of Mexican forces exchanging fire with cartel members have started popping up on X and Instagram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Videos of chaos at Guadalajara International Airport in Jalisco have also been circulating, showing smoke rising from runways and people running in a panic. Other videos show people hiding inside the airport and laying on the ground.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Cartel members aren\u2019t just setting vehicles on fire because they are angry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is a common tactic for cartel members to set vehicles on fire in order to slow down the movements of the Mexican military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One American that was in Mexico at the time that all the chaos broke out had an interesting story\u00a0about how he got back to the airport\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Johnson, who co-hosts a morning show on 104.9 The More in Spencer, Iowa, believes he was among the last travelers to catch a cab from his resort before they stopped taking passengers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe driver who took us did not brake at all. He drove on parts of the road that he shouldn\u2019t have, and we were dodging, burning buses and burning taxi cabs, and he was clinching a rosary and kissed it a couple of times,\u201d Johnson told USA TODAY.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Another U.S. tourist posted video footage of a Costco\u00a0that was being engulfed by flames\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A San Diego tourist, James Stephens, posted chilling footage of a Costco store up in flames and revealed the whole city had been locked down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said: \u2018Stuck in Puerto Vallarta as the cartel is attempting to take over the city. Entire city shut down. Can\u2019t get out. Crazy right? We\u2019re safe.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

So far, I have not seen any reports of any U.S. tourists have been killed, although U.S. Senator Bernie Moreno seems to think that the cartels are\u00a0\u201chunting down American citizens\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bernie Moreno took to X on Monday to relay \u2018troubling\u2019 reports that narco-terrorists are \u2018hunting down American citizens\u2019 in Puerto Vallarta amid gangs clashing with authorities in the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018The drug cartels should be aware that if any American citizen is harmed in Mexico there will be a violent and terminal retribution from the US. Any USMCA negotiations should cease until this situation is resolved,\u2019 the senator added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Yes, there are many Americans that are trapped in Mexico right now that are scared out of their minds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One man actually called his mother in order to tell her where his will was<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An American couple on their first trip away from their four-year-old son have told their family members where their wills are hidden after becoming trapped in Mexico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The unnamed individuals were on vacation in Puerto Vallarta when the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel was killed by the Mexican military on Sunday, prompting widespread violence across the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018I had to call my mom today and, you know, just tell her, \u201cLook, here\u2019s where my will is. We just created this. I don\u2019t want you to panic, but I may need you to stay a couple [of] days extra with my son\u201d,\u2019 the concerned father told Fox Digital.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

As long as they stay out of the way, almost all of the tourists should be perfectly fine, because this fight is not about them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A showdown between the large cartels and the central government in Mexico City has been coming for a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And apparently the JNGC had already prepared\u00a0an extensive plan\u00a0in case something like this ever happened\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n

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Will the other cartels join the JNGC in their fight against the Mexican government?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If so, we will want to watch how things develop very closely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the Mexican government were to fall and the cartels were to take over, it is probably inevitable that the U.S. would feel compelled to invade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And then we would be at war with Mexico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The JNGC is already quite upset with the Trump administration, because it turns out that the CIA\u00a0was heavily involved\u00a0in locating El Mencho\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Central Intelligence Agency provided important intelligence on the location of Mexico\u2019s most wanted cartel boss that led to an operation by Mexican special operation forces and his killing on Sunday, according to a U.S. official and others with knowledge of the operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Mexican authorities said on Monday that they had found the cartel boss, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, the longtime leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel known as El Mencho, by tracking one of his romantic partners. They said they had first followed one of her close associates, who took the woman to a rendezvous with Mr. Oseguera at the cartel leader\u2019s hide-out.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Will there be blowback from this?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One anonymous online account is warning that we will see\u00a0\u201cmassive terrorism operations on U.S. soil\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n

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This is very serious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think that the \u201cwar on drugs\u201d just went to an entirely new level, and the JNGC is willing to go all in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are the Mexican government and the U.S. government willing to say the same thing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I believe that we will see a tremendous amount of drug-related violence in the days ahead, and that is not good news for any of us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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