El Mencho killed leads to cartel violence in Mexico

[putnam6]

A massive cartel war has broken out between the JNGC and the Mexican government after a US-Mexican special forces raid on a JNGC compound resulted in the death of the leader of the cartel leader, El Mencho. Currently the cartel is beseiging several major cities in the Jalisco state, and are beginning to expand their actions throughout Mexico. So far, several national guard soldiers of Mexico have been killed, and heavy firefights have broken out in some cities.

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BREAKING: 11 people have been visually confirmed killed in the ongoing clashes between CJNG and the Mexican Army.


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Intense clashes reported in Plaza Independencia, Guadalajara, Jalisco.

[SpaderJ1913]

Crazy times ahead!

[EndtheMadnessNow]

Both Fox News and the Washington Post report that this US military task force, established a month ago, played a role in today's operation that killed cartel leader El Mencho in Mexico.




Remain calm, everything is fine...


So how did that firefight involve Costco in Puerto Vallarta? Attention shoppers! Duck 'n cover now!

El Mencho giving orders to the cops:
https://x.com/MyLordBebo/status/2025671856066363778


Laura Doomer, every single time.




CJNG’s rumored next boss: “El Yogurt.” 29, ex–Los Viagras turned CJNG logistics chief with deep U.S. trafficking routes. Survived a 2025 Navy raid that left 12 dead.

[727Sky]

[EndtheMadnessNow]

COMMENTARY by Susan Katz Keating

The reactions reflect an organizational reflex. They are disciplined, pre-planned, and brutally efficient. When centralized authority is removed from a networked criminal enterprise like CJNG, the first priority is not mourning. It is messaging.

The system must prove it still functions. It must demonstrate reach. It must reassure lieutenants, intimidate rivals, and test the state’s response time.

Remove the head, and the body moves fast.

El Mencho is confirmed dead. But CJNG was never built as a one-man show. It was built with regional commanders, logistics pipelines, and compartmentalized enforcement arms. That architecture is designed for survivability.

The speed of the narco-blockades suggests the contingency plan was already in place.

In recent months, attacks have targeted Mexican police and security forces. In December, a car bomb outside a community police station in Michoacán killed six people, including at least three officers. In February, police in Zacatecas were targeted with explosives.

These are not improvised street tactics. They represent escalation, using methods more commonly associated with insurgent warfare than organized crime. They show that cartel actors are willing to push the envelope, and absorb the consequences.

Organizations like CJNG do not collapse because one node is removed. They adapt.

If succession has been prearranged, consolidation will be swift and ruthless. If it is contested, fragmentation will follow. Factions will compete for territory, revenue streams, and legitimacy. This will produce more violence, as smaller cells fight to establish dominance. Public brutality becomes recruitment and signaling.

The structural incentives, meanwhile, remain unchanged. Synthetic drug demand continues north of the border. Precursor chemicals still flow through ports. Money still launders through shell networks. Weapons still cross the border.

The king is dead.

The system endures.

Susan Katz Keating is the publisher and editor in chief at Soldier of Fortune.

‘El Mencho’ is Dead. The Cartel Mobilizes

[babushka]

COMMENTARY by Susan Katz Keating

The reactions reflect an organizational reflex. They are disciplined, pre-planned, and brutally efficient. When centralized authority is removed from a networked criminal enterprise like CJNG, the first priority is not mourning. It is messaging.

The system must prove it still functions. It must demonstrate reach. It must reassure lieutenants, intimidate rivals, and test the state’s response time.

Remove the head, and the body moves fast.

El Mencho is confirmed dead. But CJNG was never built as a one-man show. It was built with regional commanders, logistics pipelines, and compartmentalized enforcement arms. That architecture is designed for survivability.

The speed of the narco-blockades suggests the contingency plan was already in place.

In recent months, attacks have targeted Mexican police and security forces. In December, a car bomb outside a community police station in Michoacán killed six people, including at least three officers. In February, police in Zacatecas were targeted with explosives.

These are not improvised street tactics. They represent escalation, using methods more commonly associated with insurgent warfare than organized crime. They show that cartel actors are willing to push the envelope, and absorb the consequences.

Organizations like CJNG do not collapse because one node is removed. They adapt.

If succession has been prearranged, consolidation will be swift and ruthless. If it is contested, fragmentation will follow. Factions will compete for territory, revenue streams, and legitimacy. This will produce more violence, as smaller cells fight to establish dominance. Public brutality becomes recruitment and signaling.

The structural incentives, meanwhile, remain unchanged. Synthetic drug demand continues north of the border. Precursor chemicals still flow through ports. Money still launders through shell networks. Weapons still cross the border.

The king is dead.

The system endures.

Susan Katz Keating is the publisher and editor in chief at Soldier of Fortune.

‘El Mencho’ is Dead. The Cartel Mobilizes

clearly written by AI, commentary my ass

[andy06shake]

This is what happens when you create a power vacuum at, or near, the top. 

And it's not just an absence of power.

It's the competing groups trying to replace it.

What a world.  

[ChiefD]

I have a friend in my chorus who had planned a two week vacation to Puerto Vallerta. I'm not sure if that is near any of the mess going on, but her flight from Milwaukee WI to Puerto Vallerta landed there briefly. Nobody was let off the plane. They were told the airport was closed and they had to fly back to Milwaukee. The plane refueled and then went back to Milwaukee. Crazy times. She had the worst timing. Oh well. At least she's safe, and has a story to tell. I wouldn't go to Mexico if someone paid me. Too dangerous and sketchy, no matter what part of Mexico you're in.

[Chiefsmom]

After listening to that guy that was special forces from Mexico, on JRE, you couldn't pay me to go there.

And he seems to think it is only going to get worse, and that there are more than likely ex US military down there training the cartels, on tanks and other heavy weaponry.

Scary to think that what we are seeing in the news is a small fraction of what is really going on down there.
Right at our back door.

[727Sky]

[Ninurta]

I have a friend in my chorus who had planned a two week vacation to Puerto Vallerta. I'm not sure if that is near any of the mess going on, but her flight from Milwaukee WI to Puerto Vallerta landed there briefly. Nobody was let off the plane. They were told the airport was closed and they had to fly back to Milwaukee. The plane refueled and then went back to Milwaukee. Crazy times. She had the worst timing. Oh well. At least she's safe, and has a story to tell. I wouldn't go to Mexico if someone paid me. Too dangerous and sketchy, no matter what part of Mexico you're in.

Funny you should mention that. A few years ago, an acquaintance of mine tried to pay me to go to Mexico with him as his bodyguard. I told him no. I said "you know, I've been to some dangerous place... but I won't go to Mexico."

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I've seen the same reaction the CJNG is having in a barnyard. You lop off a chicken's head, and it'll still flop aimlessly all over the place for a bit.

It's nothing that a few airstrikes wouldn't cure, if anyone had the testicular fortitude to go for some airstrikes.

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