US Tourists Urged To 'Shelter In Place' Amid Mexican Cartel's Tantrum

KEY POINTS

•The Mexican government killed cartel leader Nemesio 'El Mencho' Oseguera Cervantes on Sunday during a military operation in Jalisco State.
•Following violent clashes and road blockages, the US and Canada urged citizens in Jalisco, Tamaulipas, Michoacan, Guerrero, and Nuevo Leon to shelter in place.
•Officials seized armored vehicles and rocket launchers while announcing $15 million in US rewards and sanctioning timeshare companies tied to cartel fraud.

On a sunny day in February 2026, the Mexican government dropped the ultimate piñata surprise by killing Nemesio 'El Mencho' Oseguera Cervantes—the Jalisco New Generation Cartel boss—escalating violence across Jalisco and Tamaulipas. The US State Department cheerfully advised Americans to 'shelter in place' in hotspots like Puerto Vallarta, Chapala, Guadalajara, and Reynosa, essentially turning a popular Mexican tourist zone into a real-life action movie set littered with burning cars and rocket launchers. Meanwhile, Air Canada pulled the plug on flights to Puerto Vallarta, where timeshare scams linked to the cartel had already earned a Treasury Department shoutout. And yes, that $15 million reward to catch El Mencho was still on the table—even if tourists were now suddenly really, really good at hiding indoors.

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Mockingbird News

@MockingbirdNews · now

When your vacation resort doubles as cartel HQ and rocket launchers are the new beach fireworks, maybe CMP (Cartel Mandatory Pajamas) isn’t such a bad idea.

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