STORY: The Mexican military remained deployed on Monday (February 23) at the site of the military operation that captured and killed cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera in Tapalapa.

At least 62 people died in the early Sunday (February 22) raid on Oseguera, known as "El Mencho," and in ensuing violence - including 25 members of the National Guard military police and 34 suspected gang members - as cartel loyalists set cars ablaze in 85 roadblocks in more than a dozen states, authorities said.

President Claudia Sheinbaum early on Monday said the situation was normalizing and roadblocks were under control.

Still, Mexico beefed up security in Jalisco, the stronghold of Oseguera's infamous Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), with the deployment of 2,000 troops, and Mexicans as well as tourists in the state's famed coastal towns fretted over the quick spread of violence to far corners of Mexico.

Oseguera's death is a blow to the CJNG, a highly diversified criminal enterprise, and a victory for Mexico's government after pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump to crack down on the cartels. Yet the victory could lead to further violence in a country already grappling with years of killings and disappearances at the hands of organized crime.

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VIDEO SHOWS: MILITARY PRESENCE IN LOCATION OF CAPTURE AND KILLING OF CARTEL LEADER NEMESIO OSEGUERA, ALSO KNOWN AS EL MENCHO

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SHOWS: TAPALPA, JALISCO, MEXICO (FEBRUARY 23, 2026) (REUTERS - Access All)

1. MILITARY MEMBERS ARRIVING TO CORDONED AREA WHERE THE OPERATION TO CAPTURE NEMESIO OSEGUERA, ALSO KNOWN AS EL MENCHO, TOOK PLACE

2. MEXICAN ARMY AND NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS WALKING THROUGH THE AREA WHERE THE OPERATION TOOK PLACE

3. MILITARY VEHICLE ON SITE

4. MEXICAN ARMY AND NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS WALKING THROUGH THE AREA WHERE THE OPERATION TOOK PLACE

5. MILITARY VEHICLE ON SITE

6. MILITARY MEMBERS STATIONED AROUND CORDONED AREA

7. MILITARY VEHICLE AND SOLDIERS PARKED OUTSIDE CONVENIENCE STORE

8. VARIOUS OF MILITARY MEMBERS DEPLOYED IN CORDONED AREA

9. WOODED AREA WHERE MILITARY OPERATION OCCURRED / SMOKE IN DISTANCE