Security Minister: 25 National Guardsmen dead in ‘El Mencho’ operation

Federal Security Minister Omar García Harfuch reported Monday that 25 National Guard officers, a authorities constabulary officer, a information defender and a pistillate — reportedly large — were killed successful attacks successful Jalisco pursuing a national cognition successful which Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) person Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes was shot, detained and aboriginal died.

He besides said that 34 criminals were killed successful incidents pursuing the Sunday greeting subject cognition targeting Oseguera successful Tapalpa, a municipality successful Jalisco located astir 130 kilometers southwest of the authorities superior of Guadalajara.

The cognition triggered a convulsive effect from CJNG members, who acceptable up much than 250 narco-blockades crossed 20 Mexican states and carried retired arson attacks connected a ample fig of businesses.

Speaking astatine President Claudia Sheinbaum’s greeting property conference, García Harfuch said that 27 “cowardly attacks against authorities” were carried retired aft the cognition to detain “El Mencho.”

In six of those attacks successful Jalisco, 25 National Guard personnel, a defender and a authorities constabulary serviceman “unfortunately” mislaid their lives, helium said.

“… At the hands of these cowardly criminals, a pistillate [also] mislaid her life,” García Harfuch said.

That pistillate was reportedly 3 months pregnant. She was killed successful the crossfire of a clash betwixt the National Guard and CJNG members successful Zapopan, located successful the Guadalajara metropolitan area.

García Harfuch said that 30 “organized transgression people” were killed successful clashes with authorities successful Jalisco. He besides said that 4 criminals were killed successful confrontations with authorities successful Michoacán, which borders Jalisco to the south. The information curate said that 15 information unit members were wounded successful those clashes.

“We marque a respectful telephone to the colonisation to stay calm, to spot your institutions and to remainder assured that the authorities of Mexico is moving to its afloat capableness to reconstruct bid and support people,” García Harfuch said.

“We admit the bravery of the unit of the Mexican Army, the National Guard and the Air Force, and of people we admit the wide and Minister Ricardo Trevilla for his enactment astatine the Ministry of National Defense,” helium said.

García Harfuch: No narco-blockades arsenic of Monday morning 

García Harfuch acknowledged that the CJNG reacted violently to the apprehension and consequent decease of Oseguera, who was Mexico’s astir wanted cause lord.

A burned motortruck blocked a road successful Acapulco, Guerrero, connected Sunday. (Carlos Alberto Carbajal/Cuartoscuro)

He noted that successful states crossed the country, highways were blocked, vehicles were acceptable connected occurrence and state stations, banks and different businesses were targeted successful arson attacks.

The national government’s information furniture reported connected Sunday that astir 20 branches of the state-owned Banco del Bienestar (Bank of Well-Being) successful Jalisco were damaged.

García Harfuch said that “the majority” of the blockades acceptable up by the CJNG were removed connected Sunday, portion the remainder were cleared aboriginal Monday.

Mexico is presently “without blockades,” the information curate said.

He said that a full of 85 narco-blockades were acceptable up connected national highways successful 11 states: Baja California, México state, Michoacán, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Jalisco, Oaxaca, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas, Veracruz and Zacatecas.

He said that Jalisco saw the highest fig of national road blockades with 18.

“In different entities, isolated events [of violence] and blockades occurred,” García Harfuch said, adding that authorities responded “immediately.”

There were large disruptions to autobus question successful Mexico connected Sunday, portion a important fig of flights to and from the airports successful Guadalajara, Puerto Vallarta and Tepic were canceled.

70 arrests crossed 7 states 

García Harfuch said that authorities arrested 70 radical crossed 7 states for allegedly committing crimes motivated by the cognition against Oseguera.

The quality outlet Infobae reported that much than 50 radical were arrested successful Jalisco, Baja California and Guanajuato.

During the cognition successful Tapalpa, subject unit came nether attack, the Defense Ministry said Sunday.

It said that the subject unit returned occurrence and 4 CJNG members were killed astatine the country and 3 others, including Oseguera, were earnestly wounded and died portion being transferred by aerial to Mexico City. Defense Minister Trevilla said Monday that the fig of “criminals” killed astatine the country was successful information eight.

The Defense Ministry said that 3 subject unit were wounded, each of whom were transferred to Mexico City for aesculapian treatment.

It besides said that United States authorities contributed accusation utilized to transportation retired the cognition successful Jalisco.

CJNG weakened by cognition against ‘El Mencho,’ says García Harfuch 

García Harfuch said that the cognition successful Tapalpa connected Sunday “made it imaginable to weaken a transgression enactment of planetary reach.”

He described the CJNG arsenic the “main” generator of unit successful Mexico, noting that its members perpetrate crimes specified arsenic homicide, radical trafficking, extortion, kidnapping and “armed attacks against authorities.”

In a societal media station connected Monday morning, the national information furniture wrote that “the spot of a transgression radical volition ne'er beryllium supra the spot of the Mexican state.”

“We marque a respectful telephone to stay calm and spot your institutions,” it added.

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