更新于：2026年2月23日 / 美国东部时间上午10:36 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/美联社
墨西哥安全部长奥马尔·加西亚·哈尔富赫周一表示，在哈利斯科州新一代华雷斯卡特尔（Jalisco New Generation Cartel）头目内梅西奥·奥塞古拉·塞万提斯（Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes）被杀后，该州发生了六起单独袭击事件，导致25名国民警卫队成员死亡。
内梅西奥·鲁文·奥塞古拉·塞万提斯——被称为”埃尔·门乔”（El Mencho）——是墨西哥发展最快的犯罪网络之一的头目，该组织因向美国贩运芬太尼、甲基苯丙胺和可卡因而臭名昭著，并对挑战其地位的政府官员发动肆无忌惮的袭击。
他在哈利斯科州的家中与墨西哥军方试图抓捕他时发生的枪战中丧生。一名美国国防部官员告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻，美国军方通过联合跨部门反卡特尔特遣部队（Joint Interagency Task Force-Counter Cartel）参与了此次行动，该部队经常通过美国北方司令部与墨西哥军方合作。该官员强调，”这是一次墨西哥军方行动，所以成功归功于他们。”
卡特尔成员在全国范围内以暴力回应，阻塞道路并焚烧车辆。
此外，一名监狱看守、一名州检察官办公室特工和一名未被哈尔富赫点名的妇女也被杀害。他还表示，哈利斯科州约有30名犯罪嫌疑人被杀害，米却肯州另有4人被杀害。
由于发生大规模暴力事件，墨西哥多个州周一取消了学校课程，地方和外国政府警告其公民待在室内。
2026年2月22日，墨西哥城专门负责有组织犯罪的联邦检察官办公室（FEMDO）外，国民警卫队成员站岗。（Daniel Cardenas/Anadolu via Getty Images）
总统克劳迪娅·谢因鲍姆周一呼吁保持冷静，当局表示，20个州的250多个卡特尔路障已全部被清除。预计总统将在周一上午的例行新闻发布会上就局势发表讲话。
墨西哥希望世界最大芬太尼走私者的死亡能缓解特朗普政府要求其加大打击卡特尔力度的压力，但许多人仍处于紧张状态，等待强大卡特尔的反应。
暴力升级的担忧
美国驻墨西哥大使馆通过X平台表示，其驻8个城市和米却肯州的人员将在室内避难并远程工作，同时警告墨西哥许多地区的美国公民也这样做。美国国务院领事事务局在社交媒体上告诉美国公民继续待在室内，称巴亚尔塔港的出租车和网约车服务已暂停。
周一清晨，瓜达拉哈拉开始恢复车辆通行，这与周日哈利斯科州首府、墨西哥第二大城市几乎完全停摆形成鲜明对比，当时恐惧的居民纷纷待在家中。
超过1000人在瓜达拉哈拉动物园过夜，睡在巴士上。周一上午，母亲们裹着毯子带着幼儿下车上厕所，警察卡车在周围守卫。
2026年2月22日，哈利斯科州阿卡坦德华雷斯附近高速公路上，一辆据称被犯罪组织纵火焚烧的卡车。（Ulises Ruiz/AFP via Getty Images）
动物园园长路易斯·索托·伦登表示，自周日上午9点哈利斯科州及周边地区爆发暴力事件以来，许多人被困在此处。家庭被困，试图安抚孩子，因为他们决定不能返回萨卡特卡斯和米却肯等邻近州的家中。
“我们决定让人们留在动物园内以确保安全，”索托说，”这里有小孩和老年人。”
43岁的瓜达拉哈拉酒店保安埃尔玛·埃尔南德斯周一清晨提前到达工作岗位。
她通常乘坐公共交通上班，但巴士停运，她无法穿越城市。她的老板组织了一辆私家车来接她。她说，她的家人也待在家里，不敢出门。
“我很担心，如果发生意外我不知道怎么回家，”她说。
周日晚上抵达机场的乘客被告知，由于暴力事件爆发，机场仅有限人员运营。
哈利斯科州、米却肯州和瓜纳华托州当局报告周日至少有14人死亡，其中包括7名国民警卫队士兵。
社交媒体上流传的周日视频显示，巴亚尔塔港的游客在海滩上行走，远处烟雾缭绕。
打击卡特尔可能是外交胜利
国际危机组织墨西哥分析师大卫·莫拉表示，这次抓捕行动和随之而来的暴力事件标志着谢因鲍姆打击卡特尔并缓解美国压力努力的转折点。
特朗普总统一直要求墨西哥加大打击经常致命的芬太尼走私的力度，威胁称如果墨西哥不展示结果，将施加更多关税或采取单边军事行动。
在军方突袭一天后，特朗普周一呼吁墨西哥加大打击毒品卡特尔的力度。
“墨西哥必须加大打击卡特尔和毒品的力度！”他在社交媒体帖子中写道。
有初步迹象表明，墨西哥的努力得到了美国的认可。
美国大使罗恩·约翰逊周日晚在声明中称赞墨西哥武装部队的成功及其牺牲，并补充说：”在特朗普总统和谢因鲍姆总统的领导下，双边合作达到了前所未有的水平。”
但莫拉表示，这也可能为更多暴力事件铺平道路，因为敌对犯罪组织可能会利用华雷斯卡特尔受到打击的机会扩张势力。
“这可能是其他团体看到卡特尔实力减弱，想要趁机扩大控制并在这些州取代华雷斯卡特尔的时刻，”他说。
“自从谢因鲍姆总统执政以来，军队在打击墨西哥犯罪组织方面更加积极和强硬，”莫拉说，”这向美国表明，如果我们继续合作、分享情报，墨西哥可以做到。我们不需要美国军队进入墨西哥领土。”
“埃尔·门乔”是主要打击目标
国防部在一份声明中表示，奥塞古拉·塞万提斯在周日于哈利斯科州塔帕拉帕镇（距瓜达拉哈拉西南约两小时车程）的抓捕行动中受伤，在被送往墨西哥城途中死亡。奥塞古拉·塞万提斯的美国悬赏金额为1500万美元。
声明称，行动中，士兵遭到枪击，现场有4人被击毙。包括奥塞古拉·塞万提斯在内的另外3人受伤后死亡。
白宫新闻秘书卡罗琳·利维特在X平台上表示，美国政府为此次行动提供了情报支持。”埃尔·门乔是墨西哥和美国政府的头号目标，是向我们国土走私芬太尼的主要毒贩之一，”她写道，并称赞墨西哥军方的工作。
新一代华雷斯卡特尔是墨西哥最强大和发展最快的犯罪组织之一，2009年左右开始活动。
2019年，美国缉毒局（DEA）驻墨西哥最高特工马修·唐纳休告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻：”埃尔·门乔是DEA乃至美国联邦执法部门的首要目标。”
2025年2月，特朗普政府将该卡特尔列为外国恐怖组织。
谢因鲍姆批评了前任政府的”主犯策略”，即打掉卡特尔头目却导致暴力事件激增。尽管她在墨西哥国内仍很受欢迎，但安全问题一直是持续的担忧，自特朗普总统一年前上任以来，她面临着巨大的压力，必须展示打击毒品走私的成果。
华雷斯卡特尔在袭击军方（包括直升机）方面最为激进，是无人机投掷爆炸物和安装地雷的先驱。2020年，该组织在墨西哥城中心对当时的首都警察局长、现任联邦安全部长发动了一次壮观的暗杀企图，使用了手榴弹和高射步枪。
25 Mexican National Guard troops dead in Jalisco after notorious cartel leader’s killing
Updated on: February 23, 2026 / 10:36 AM EST / CBS/AP
Mexico Security Secretary Omar García Harfuch said Monday that 25 members of the National Guard were left dead in Jalisco in six separate attacks after the killing of Jalisco New Generation Cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes.
Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes — known as “El Mencho” — was the boss of one of the fastest-growing criminal networks in Mexico, notorious for trafficking fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine to the United States and staging brazen attacks against government officials who challenged it.
He was killed during a shoot-out in his home state of Jalisco as the Mexican military attempted to capture him. A U.S. defense official told CBS News the U.S. military played a role in the operation via the Joint Interagency Task Force-Counter Cartel, which regularly works with the Mexican military through the U.S. Northern Command. The official emphasized that “this was a Mexican military operation, so the success is theirs.”
Cartel members responded with violence across the country, blocking roads and setting fire to vehicles.
Also killed were a prison guard, an agent from the state prosecutor’s office and a woman whom García Harfuch did not identify. He also said some 30 criminal suspects were killed in Jalisco and four others were killed in Michoacan.
Several Mexican states canceled school on Monday, with local and foreign governments warning their citizens to stay inside after widespread violence erupted.
Members of the National Guard stand guard outside the facilities of the Specialized Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime (FEMDO) in Mexico City, Mexico on February 22, 2026. Daniel Cardenas/Anadolu via Getty Images
President Claudia Sheinbaum urged calm Monday and authorities said all of the more than 250 cartel roadblocks across 20 states had been cleared. The president was expected to address the situation at her daily news briefing Monday morning.
Mexico hoped the death of the world’s biggest fentanyl traffickers would ease Trump administration pressure to do more against the cartels, but many remained hunkered down and on edge as they waited to see the powerful cartel’s reaction.
Fears of more violence
The U.S. Embassy said via X that its personnel in eight cities and the state of Michoacan would shelter in place and work remotely Monday, and it warned U.S. citizens in many parts of Mexico to do the same. The Department of State Consular Affairs, in a message telling U.S. citizens to continue sheltering in place, said on social media that taxi and rideshare service had been suspended in Puerto Vallarta.
Cars began circulating in Guadalajara before sunrise Monday with the start of the work week, a notable change from Sunday when Jalisco’s state capital and Mexico’s second-largest city was almost completely shut down as fearful residents stayed home.
More than 1,000 people were stuck in Guadalajara’s zoo overnight, sleeping in buses. On Monday morning, mothers wrapped up in blankets carried their toddlers out of the buses for a much-needed bathroom break as police trucks guarded the area.
This aerial view shows a burned truck, allegedly set on fire by organized crime groups on a highway near Acatlan de Juarez, Jalisco state, Mexico on Feb. 22, 2026. Ulises Ruiz/AFP via Getty Images
Luis Soto Rendón, the zoo’s director, said many had been trapped there since 9 a.m. the day before, when violence broke out in Jalisco and the surrounding states. Families were left stranded, trying to distract their children, as they decided they couldn’t return home in nearby states like Zacatecas and Michoacan.
“We decided to let people stay inside the zoo for their safety,” Soto said. “There are small children and senior citizens.”
Irma Hernández, a 43-year-old hotel security guard in Guadalajara, arrived at work early Monday morning.
She normally takes public transportation to work, but buses were not running and she had no way to cross the city. Her bosses organized a private car to pick her up. Her family, she said, was staying at home, too scared to leave.
“I am worried because I don’t know how to get home if something happens,” she said.
Passengers arriving at the city’s international airport Sunday night were told it was operating with limited personnel because of the burst of violence.
Authorities in Jalisco, Michoacan and Guanajuato reported at least 14 other people killed Sunday, including seven National Guard troops.
Videos circulating on social media Sunday showed tourists in Puerto Vallarta walking on the beach with smoke rising in the distance.
Blow against cartel could be diplomatic coup
David Mora, Mexico analyst for International Crisis Group, said the capture and outburst of violence marks a point of inflection in Sheinbaum’s push to crack down on cartels and relieve U.S. pressures.
President Trump has demanded Mexico do more to fight the smuggling of the often-deadly drug fentanyl, threatening to impose more tariffs or take unilateral military action if the country does not show results.
Mr. Trump on Monday called on Mexico to boost its efforts targeting drug cartels one day after the military raid.
“Mexico must step up their effort on Cartels and Drugs!” he wrote in a social media post.
There were early signs that Mexico’s efforts were well received by the United States.
U.S. Ambassador Ron Johnson recognized the success of the Mexican armed forces and their sacrifice in a statement late Sunday. He added that “under the leadership of President Trump and President Sheinbaum, bilateral cooperation has reached unprecedented levels.”
But it may also pave the way for more violence as rival criminal groups take advantage of the blow dealt to the CJNG, Mora said.
“This might be a moment in which those other groups see that the cartel is weakened and want to seize the opportunity for them to expand control and to gain control over Cartel Jalisco in those states,” he said.
“Ever since President Sheinbaum has been in power, the army has been way more confrontational, combative against criminal groups in Mexico,” Mora said. “This is signaling to the U.S. that if we keep cooperating, sharing intelligence, Mexico can do it. We don’t need U.S. troops on Mexican soil.”
“El Mencho” was a major target
Oseguera Cervantes, who was wounded in the operation to capture him Sunday in Tapalpa, Jalisco, about a two-hour drive southwest of Guadalajara, died while being flown to Mexico City, the Defense Department said in a statement. Oseguera Cervantes had a $15 million U.S. bounty on his head.
During the operation, troops came under fire and killed four people at the location. Three more people, including Oseguera Cervantes, were wounded and later died, the statement said.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on X that the U.S. government provided intelligence support for the operation. “‘El Mencho’ was a top target for the Mexican and United States government as one of the top traffickers of fentanyl into our homeland,” she wrote. She commended Mexico’s military for its work.
The Jalisco New Generation Cartel is one of the most powerful and fastest-growing criminal organizations in Mexico and began operating around 2009.
“El Mencho” was “the number one priority for DEA and frankly for federal law enforcement in the United States,” Matthew Donahue, the DEA’s top agent in Mexico, told CBS News in 2019.
In February 2025, the Trump administration designated the cartel as a foreign terrorist organization.
Sheinbaum has criticized the “kingpin” strategy of previous administrations that took out cartel leaders, only to trigger explosions of violence as cartels fractured. While she has remained popular in Mexico, security is a persistent concern and since President Trump took office a year ago, she has been under tremendous pressure to show results against drug trafficking.
The Jalisco cartel has been one of the most aggressive cartels in its attacks on the military — including on helicopters — and is a pioneer in launching explosives from drones and installing mines. In 2020, it carried out a spectacular assassination attempt with grenades and high-powered rifles in the heart of Mexico City against the then head of the capital’s police force and now federal security secretary.