{"id":484825,"date":"2026-02-23T01:44:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T01:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/484825\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T01:44:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T01:44:10","slug":"u-s-asks-citizens-in-mexico-to-shelter-after-cartel-leader-killed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/484825\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. asks citizens in Mexico to shelter after cartel leader killed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The US Department of State issued a \u201cshelter in place\u201d\u00a0<a aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/mx.usembassy.gov\/security-alert-ongoing-security-operations-u-s-mission-mexico-february-22-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/mx.usembassy.gov\/security-alert-ongoing-security-operations-u-s-mission-mexico-february-22-2026\/\">alert<\/a>\u00a0for US citizens in parts of Mexico affected by criminal activity and road blockages after a top cartel leader was killed by local authorities.<\/p>\n<p>The security alert covers the state of Jalisco, which has tourist hubs including Puerto Vallarta and Guadalajara. The alert also includes areas in the states of Tamaulipas, Michoac\u00e1n, Guerrero and Nuevo Le\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>Nemesio Rub\u00e9n Oseguera Cervantes, known as \u201cEl Mencho,\u201d was killed in a federal operation against the Jalisco New Generation Cartel on Sunday morning, according to people familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n<p>After his death, criminal groups burned cars and trucks to block roads in different areas of Jalisco, according to local outlets\u00a0<a aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/www.reforma.com\/muere-nemesio-oseguera-en-operativo-del-ejercito\/ar3156963?v=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reforma.com\/muere-nemesio-oseguera-en-operativo-del-ejercito\/ar3156963?v=5\">Reforma\u00a0<\/a>and\u00a0<a aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/www.milenio.com\/policia\/el-mencho-muere-nemesio-oseguera-cervantes-lider-del-cjng\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.milenio.com\/policia\/el-mencho-muere-nemesio-oseguera-cervantes-lider-del-cjng\">Milenio<\/a>. Neighbors in Guadalajara shared videos of armed groups shooting car tires to block intersections and the blockades spread to other states such as Michoac\u00e1n and Guanajuato.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The State Department is recommending that Americans avoid areas around law enforcement activity and crowd, keep family and friends advised of their locations, monitor local updates, and seek shelter and minimize unnecessary movements.<\/p>\n<p>Christopher Landau, the deputy US secretary of state, called Oseguera\u2019s death \u201ca great development for Mexico, the US, Latin America, and the world\u201d in a social media post.<\/p>\n<p>Join us at the Fortune Workplace Innovation Summit May 19\u201320, 2026, in Atlanta. The next era of workplace innovation is here\u2014and the old playbook is being rewritten. At this exclusive, high-energy event, the world\u2019s most innovative leaders will convene to explore how AI, humanity, and strategy converge to redefine, again, the future of work. <a href=\"https:\/\/conferences.fortune.com\/event\/workplace-innovation-2026\/HOME\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Register now<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The US Department of State issued a \u201cshelter in place\u201d\u00a0alert\u00a0for US citizens in parts of Mexico affected by&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":484826,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,26,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":{"0":"post-484825","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-states","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-mexico","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-united-states","12":"tag-united-states-of-america","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","15":"tag-us","16":"tag-usa"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/484826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}