Mexican forces kill CJNG leader El Mencho near Tapalpa

Nemesio Oseguera, known as El Mencho, was killed during a security operation by the Mexican Armed Forces near Tapalpa in Jalisco. He was the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, the CJNG. Six other gunmen were killed with him. The operation was identified as the 2026 Jalisco operation within the Mexican drug war.

A cartel is an organized criminal group involved in the drug trade. The CJNG is the organization Oseguera led. Tapalpa is the locality in the state of Jalisco named as the area of the operation. The report credited the Mexican Armed Forces with the action that killed him and the six gunmen.

In response, CJNG members launched coordinated retaliatory attacks. Those attacks included road blockades with burning vehicles and improvised checkpoints. The blockades and checkpoints appeared across multiple states, not only in Jalisco. The report described the violence as retaliation for the leader's death.

At least seven National Guard troops were killed in clashes with CJNG forces in western Mexico. At least leaves the toll open to revision. The seven were troops, a separate count from the six gunmen killed in the original operation. The account did not name the troops or the towns of each clash.

The Mexican drug war is the long conflict between security forces and trafficking organizations. This day's report combined a leadership killing with an immediate violent reply. Burning vehicles and improvised checkpoints were the forms of retaliation described. Multiple states were affected.

El Mencho and six other gunmen were killed near Tapalpa. The CJNG answered with blockades, burning vehicles, and checkpoints across multiple states. At least seven National Guard troops died in the clashes that followed in western Mexico. Those were the outcomes reported from the operation and its aftermath.