While CJNG Retaliation Ends, Small Attacks Continue in Guadalajara

By “El Huaso” for Borderland Beat

While initial CJNG retaliations for the killing of El Mencho in a security operation across Mexico have subsided, CJNG members continue to lash out in Guadalajara, though at a reduced pace and intensity.

Last night, a group of young men attacked the Oxxo corner store on the corner of Luis Pérez Verdía and Justo Sierra streets in the Arcos Vallarta neighborhood of Guadalajara. The men broke the glass windows and threw molotov cocktails, burning the store. Two employees were at the store but were not injured. The assailants fled on motorcyles.

Also that night, a vehicle was burned on the Laureles amd Paseo del Nopal streets in the Mesa de los Ocotes neighborhood.

Yesterday, a short shootout erupted between police and armed men by the Glorieta Colón, in colonia Italia Providencia. Locals also reported the criminals deployed tire spikes. The events are far less severe in impact and scale than the initial outbreak of violence, but they threaten the return to normalcy in the Guadalajara region.

On February 22–23, the CJNG demonstrated the capability to conduct mass disruption operations across the city of Guadalajara and much of Mexico, disperse during daylight hours, and re-emerge at night once security patrols ceased. The attacks were typical of criminal strategy over the last twenty years, where criminals launch large-scale retaliatory violence for operations against their leadership.

Sources: Partidero, Jalisco Rojo Twitter, Guardia Nocturna