Two high-level military operations carried out by Mexico’s Navy delivered a powerful blow to the most feared terrorist group in Mexico, Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG). The arrests of two of its top leaders come just weeks after Mexico’s military forces, working with U.S. intelligence agencies, killed the cartel’s supreme leader and founder, Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes, in February.
A politician in southern Mexico who is listed by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration as a fugitive has now been reported missing and is believed to be the victim of a cartel kidnapping.
A California man who was the co-founder of Cartel Jalisco New Generation pleaded guilty to federal drug conspiracy charges in a U.S. federal court and awaits sentencing. Cartel Jalisco is currently considered one of Mexico’s most powerful drug cartels, known not only for its use of thousands of gunmen but also for the widespread use of explosives in its attacks throughout Mexico.
An Arizona gun dealer is facing terrorism charges in connection with a conspiracy to provide weapons to both Cartel Jalisco New Generation and the Sinaloa Cartel. Both Mexican cartels are designated as foreign terrorist organizations by the U.S. Department of State.
While Mexican government officials continue to point to the United States as the main source of weapons for drug cartels, a federal indictment filed in a U.S. court in Virginia revealed that a Bulgarian arms trafficker was providing terrorist cartels with catalogues of weapons that included rocket launchers, surface-to-air weapons systems, and tanks.
A group of gunmen riding on motorbikes fired into a packed bar in the tourist hotspot of Playa Del Carmen. That area is roughly an hour away from the beach resort area of Cancun. The attack comes at a time when Mexico’s Caribbean region sees a high influx of tourists during the Spring Break and Easter holiday seasons.
Unknown individuals within Mexico’s Navy provided restricted weapons, tactical gear, and body armor to members of the terrorist organization Cartel Jalisco New Generation. The revelation comes from a former cartel hitman who revealed to authorities in April 2025 that he personally went to pick up stashed weapons for the criminal organization.
A large deployment of Mexican military and National Guard forces took to the streets of Jalisco to guard the wake and funeral of one of the country’s most dangerous drug lords, Ruben Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes, the leader of the terrorist organization Cartel Jalisco New Generation.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has announced a series of sanctions against a resort in Mexico tied to timeshare scams run by the terrorist organization Cartel Jalisco New Generation. In response to the move by U.S. financial authorities, Mexico’s government has also frozen assets and imposed sanctions on the same resort and its operators.
The terrorist cartel leader known as El Mencho kept a series of detailed records that show that in the area where he was hiding out, he had several local police forces in his payroll, as well as state and federal investigators also working for him. The records provide additional evidence that further support numerous prior reports from Breitbart Texas about how El Mencho and his terrorist group Cartel Jalisco New Generation had been able to buy influence at all levels of Mexico’s government.
La organización terrorista Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación ha establecido una estructura jerárquica que le permite controlar sus vastos territorios en todo México. Similar a cómo opera una gran empresa, esta estructura permitió a los altos mandos del cártel dirigir las operaciones diarias sin la supervisión constante de su líder supremo, el fallecido Rubén Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes.
A Mexican border city issued a series of alerts to its residents, warning them to avoid going out at night and to limit outings following a series of terrorist attacks by cartel gunmen who used drones to drop explosive devices against police forces.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury had previously identified and sanctioned the exclusive resort cabins in Jalisco where the terrorist leader Ruben Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes had been hiding. The revelation highlights the impunity with which the drug boss operated in Mexico, where he felt safe staying in an area that had been identified by authorities since 2020.
The wave of intense violence unleashed by Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG) following their death of its leader, Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes, left over a thousand tourists stranded at the Guadalajara City Zoo in the state of Jalisco this weekend, local outlets reported.
Mexico’s President, Claudia Sheinbaum, announced that her government was looking into taking legal action against U.S. businessman Elon Musk over a series of comments he made on social media. The American social media executive reportedly claimed that Sheinbaum answered to her cartel bosses.
Catholic priests in Jalisco, Mexico, took to the rooftops on Sunday to display the Blessed Sacrament and pray for peace in their country as a terror campaign in response to the elimination of a top cartel boss plunged much of the country into chaos.
The Government of Mexico confirmed that 25 Mexican National Guardsmen, one prison guard, and an innocent woman died in a series of terror-style attacks that were a direct response to the killing of Ruben Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes, the leader of the terrorist organization Cartel Jalisco New Generation.
Cartel violence exploded across more than ten of Mexico’s 32 states on Sunday after the government of Mexico confirmed the death of Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG) leader Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera, triggering roadblocks, gunfire, and burning vehicle attacks from the Pacific Coast to the Texas border.
The U.S. Embassy in Mexico issued an emergency shelter‑in‑place alert on Sunday, warning Americans to remain indoors as cartel violence erupted across multiple states following the Mexican military’s killing of CJNG leader Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera. The alert covers Jalisco,
The Mexican Army team that tried to apprehend but ultimately killed the fearsome leader of the terrorist organization, Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG), Ruben Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes, received specialized training from U.S. Navy Seals shortly before the operation.
Panic erupted near Guadalajara International Airport on Sunday after gunfire broke out just outside the terminal, hours after the Government of Mexico confirmed the death of CJNG cartel boss Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera. The confirmation triggered a wave of cartel violence across western Mexico, forcing flight cancellations, diversions, and highway shutdowns as CJNG gunmen torched vehicles and blocked major travel corridors.
Cartel gunmen have begun carrying out terrorist attacks in various states in Mexico in response to the death of the country’s most powerful terrorist cartel leader, Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes. Mexico’s government confirmed the death of the cartel boss,
The recent arrest of a cartel figure in Jalisco has been linked to several extortion cases and arsons in the border city of Tijuana, Mexican authorities revealed.
A federal judge in Mexico has formally charged the mayor of the city of Tequila with kidnapping and torture-related charges. The new charges come just days after his initial arrest on extortion and ties to Cartel Jalisco New Generation.
Authorities in Mexico arrested the mayor of Tequila, Jalisco, a city famous for the liquor bearing its name, in connection with an investigation into widespread corruption, extortion, and ties to the terrorist organization Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG).
A group of locals in Mexico rioted and assaulted Mexican soldiers after they shut down a town party known colloquially as Mencho-Fest, honoring the leader of the terrorist organization known as Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG).
A criminal investigation into the majority owner of the Miss Universe pageant has uncovered allegations that his organization helped smuggle weapons from Guatemala into Mexico, using shipments of clothing and electronics to move guns that ultimately supplied Mexico City’s black market and cartel groups, including Cartel Jalisco New Generation and the Tepito Union.
Guatemala deployed special forces, known as Kaibiles, to guard its northern border with Mexico just days after teams of cartel gunmen from Mexico entered the country and carried out violent attacks in rural border communities. The teams of cartel gunmen also clashed with Guatemalan military forces.
An apparent suicide bomber drove a vehicle full of explosives towards a community police station in Western Mexico and set it off. The bomb killed the suicide bomber and two other victims, and injured ten others. The suicide attack using car bombs marks an escalation in the way drug cartels have been fighting authorities in Mexico.
The mayor of the Mexican border city of Tijuana, Baja California, is threatening to take legal action against any news outlet that publishes information about an ongoing money-laundering investigation into him. The politician is allegedly linked to two businessmen who have been singled out for their alleged ties to both Cartel Jalisco New Generation and the Sinaloa Cartel.
Authorities in Spain raided the base of operations of the terrorist organization Cartel Jalisco New Generation in that country and uncovered ties that the cartel had with the Italian Camorra.
Authorities in Mexico confirmed the discovery of 48 bags with human remains so far at the most recent clandestine gravesite in the cartel-controlled state of Jalisco. The state is controlled by Cartel Jalisco New Generation, one of the six Mexican cartels designated as foreign terrorist organizations by the Trump administration.
The U.S. National Counter Terrorism Center (NCTC) revealed that a faction of Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG) based in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, was murdering pregnant women to harvest their organs and sell their children to U.S. couples.
Senator Alejandro “Alito” Moreno, head of Mexico’s Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), publicly accused MORENA Senate Coordinator Adán Augusto López of enabling cartel operations while serving as interior secretary and governor of Tabasco. He announced Tuesday that his party had formally asked U.S. federal agencies to investigate López’s alleged role in fuel smuggling, money laundering, and organized crime.
A newly captured cartel boss with deep political connections assumed leadership of a regional cell of Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG) while having been the head of the state police force in the Mexican State of Tabasco. He allegedly used police forces to carry out enforcement actions against rivals. CJNG is one of the six Mexican cartels listed as foreign terrorist groups by the U.S. government.
A recently extradited cartel boss from Mexico, who is facing numerous federal drug trafficking charges in Virginia, was a favored government contractor in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas. The state is controlled by the controversial governor from the MORENA party, Americo Villarreal.
Authorities in the southern part of Mexico arrested the entire police force of a small city over allegations that they were working for drug cartels. The raid comes at a time when Mexico continues to experience high levels of cartel violence nationwide.
The U.S. government is offering up to $26 million in rewards for various leaders of the Mexican terrorist criminal organization Carteles Unidos. Some of those cartel leaders falsely claim to be leaders of self-defense movements.
Mexico’s government has once again sent over two dozen high-level cartel operators to the U.S. in an attempt to show cooperation with the Trump administration. The move comes just days after U.S. President Donald J. Trump threatened Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum with tariffs as a result of her country not having done enough to fight cartels.
A group of gunmen fired indiscriminately into a bar in central Mexico in a terror-style attack as part of an apparent fight between criminal organizations.
