JAKARTA - Secretary of Civil Security and Protection Omar Garcia Harfuch said a wave of violence in the State of Jalisco, Mexico, killed 25 members of the National Guard.
"After the arrest of El Mencho, there were 27 attacks on the police, which were cowardly acts. In the State of Jalisco alone, six attacks reportedly killed 25 National Guard members, a bodyguard, and one State Attorney's Office personnel," Harfuch said while explaining the violence that occurred on Sunday. .
The secretary further reported that a civilian woman, as well as thirty members of organized crime, were killed as a result of violence in Jalisco. In addition, the neighboring state of Michoacan recorded 13 acts of aggression that left seven criminals dead and 15 law enforcement officers injured.
Throughout the wave of violence, law enforcement recorded 85 roadblocks placed on federal highways in eleven states, including Baja California, Michoacan, Jalisco, Sinaloa, and Veracruz, Harfuch said. Most of the roadblocks have been removed, and major highways are clear.
Harfuch emphasized that as a result of law enforcement operations, 70 criminals were detained in seven states.
On February 22, the Mexican National Defense Secretariat announced an operation to capture Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes alias "El Mencho", who later died from the injuries he suffered while on his way to Mexico City.
The cartel then retaliated by launching waves of violence in a number of states, including setting up roadblocks, burning gas stations, banks, and vehicles, and attacking security forces in dozens of cities and administrative regions.
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