Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum speaks at a press conference in Mexico City, Mexico, Feb. 23, 2026. (Photo by Francisco Canedo/Xinhua)
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- Retaliation attacks from the Jalisco New Generation Cartel have left 27 security personnel dead, Mexico's Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection Omar Garcia Harfuch said Monday at a press conference.
Mexican authorities have recorded 27 attacks targeting law enforcement agencies. Among them, six attacks occurred in the western state of Jalisco, which killed 25 members of the National Guard, one prison guard, and one employee of the State Attorney General's Office.
Harfuch said that 30 members of organized crime groups also died in the attacks.
Mexican military forces launched an operation on Sunday and killed the Jalisco New Generation Cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias "El Mencho." Members of cartels have set fire to cars and commercial facilities, and blocked roads. Some states closed schools on Monday.
The government has dispatched additional security forces to Jalisco and established a national command center to deal with the situation, he added.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has reaffirmed the administration's promise to national security and the reconstruction of peace. ■
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum speaks at a press conference in Mexico City, Mexico, Feb. 23, 2026. (Photo by Francisco Canedo/Xinhua)
Mexico's Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection Omar Garcia Harfuch (R) speaks at a press conference in Mexico City, Mexico, Feb. 23, 2026. (Photo by Francisco Canedo/Xinhua)
Mexico's Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection Omar Garcia Harfuch attends a press conference in Mexico City, Mexico, Feb. 23, 2026. (Photo by Francisco Canedo/Xinhua)
Security personnel guard on a street in Mexico City, Mexico, Feb. 23, 2026. (Photo by Francisco Canedo/Xinhua)
Security personnel guard on a street in Mexico City, Mexico, Feb. 23, 2026. (Photo by Francisco Canedo/Xinhua)
Security personnel guard on a street in Mexico City, Mexico, Feb. 23, 2026. (Photo by Francisco Canedo/Xinhua)
Security personnel guard on a street in Mexico City, Mexico, Feb. 23, 2026. (Photo by Francisco Canedo/Xinhua)
Security personnel guard on a street in Mexico City, Mexico, Feb. 23, 2026. (Photo by Francisco Canedo/Xinhua)
Security personnel guard on a street in Mexico City, Mexico, Feb. 23, 2026. (Photo by Francisco Canedo/Xinhua)