Resort cities like Puerto Vallarta remain in a quiet lockdown after Sunday's retaliation from the Mexican Cartel. Now the new in command is replaced by El Mencho's stepson. He now has a bounty for 5 million dollars. Yesterday, February 23, 2026 a Mexican navy ship was spotted at the Puerto Vallarta harbor. The warship ARM Usumacinta in Puerto Vallarta. It is reported that the ARM Usumacinta (A-412), is an amphibious warship of the Mexican Navy. It made port calls in Puerto Vallarta for training missions, visiting in September 2025 and February 2026, it can carry up to 400 personnel and operational vehicles.
Will the situation get worse and escalate in Mexico after the deployment of the Mexican Navy? Will it bring stability and safety to many parts of Mexico? How safe are the seashores? We have seen how the Cartel has multiple water vehicles to run their operations and have been taken down by the United States this year alone? With further military presence nothing is being declared by the Government. Will there be martial law in the streets of Mexico? Last night, Guadalajara's metropolitan area had major fires and road blocks. Today, on social media Police in Mexico are reporting that the worst is to begin. A Mexican Priest recorded from his Church and began blessing Puerto Vallarta as he saw from the rooftop the fires on Sunday.
Read Targeted Individuals Shelter In Place Alert Mexico Tourist Cannot Leave at https://www.megatrndz.com/2026/02/targeted-individuals-shelter-in-place.html
This early morning there are no airplanes flying over the state of Jalisco. https://www.flightaware.com/live/airport/MMPR The PVR airport departure site ( https://thepuertovallartaairport.com/departures/ ) has been reporting some flights were operating yesterday to Mexico City. One flight came from Monterrey to Puerto Vallarta. The Guadalajara airport is now operational. Are any of the flights secure and safe? The first flight to leave today is at 10:56 am local time to Fort Worth , Texas. The first Canadian flight leaves at 12:45 am local time is Air Transat to Toronto. The Canadian airlines leaving this afternoon are Porter, Westjet, Air Transat and Flair. The American airlines that will leave this afternoon are Delta Air, Alaska, Executive, American and United. Southwestern and Sunwing aviation have cancelled their flights today.
Yesterday, during the press conference of the President of Mexico she declared that people could still go out in Mexico. The United States embassy declared a shelter in place. The Canadian declared to follow the local authorities. People were still seen roaming around their Hotel Lobbies and at the beaches in Puerto Vallarta. Looting also occured. Schools around Mexico were cancelled. And Mexican citizens refused to go out.
Footage can be seen of the cartel creating road blocks by hijacking trucks to blocks. Footage shows that car traffic has stopped in some areas. Meanwhile there were 200 roadblocks on Sunday created by the Mexican federals. And on Monday, the President of Mexico said that they all have been removed. (see below)
A controversial topic has been whether the United States had boots on the ground. Many believe that intelligence was involved between two countries. President Trump clearly said on Monday that he had offered help to the President of Mexico but she refused. Another recent report from CNN has been that El Mencho was wounded after capture. He died later while he was being transported to the hospital. Argentina's ex vice president Carlos Ruckauf has reported on television that it was the American DEA that led the operation to capture El Mencho but during the transportation it was the Mexican Government that killed him.
🔥🚨BREAKING: An anonymous CJNG source just claimed that American citizen Juan Carlos Valencia González, alias "O3," has been named the new leader of CJNG.
— Dom Lucre | Breaker of Narratives (@dom_lucre) February 24, 2026
He is El Mencho's stepson and controls the cartel's armed wing Grupo Elite, with a $5 million US bounty on his head.
He… pic.twitter.com/4K1RA4hmso
https://youtube.com/shorts/l_WacROCjQo?si=SlgBB2IlgWAWUDP6
Mexican Navy Deploys Warship ARM Usumacinta in Puerto Vallarta! https://t.co/dqKyMZI7aV via @YouTube
— Veronica Davis (@megatrndz) February 24, 2026
Johnf Fonseca writes:
The amphibious assault ship ARM Usumacinta has just arrived in Puerto Vallarta carrying 400 personnel, amphibious vehicles, and rapid landing capabilities. Additionally, the Air Force already has tactical aircraft and Black Hawks flying over the city.
How much firepower is needed to take back a tourist destination from the hands of a single cartel? What used to be a vacation spot now requires an almost full-scale military operation.
🔥 Madrugada de terror en Jalisco 🔥
— Raúl Gutiérrez (@RaulGtzNR) February 24, 2026
Bloqueos, enfrentamientos y vehículos incendiados paralizan municipios como Tonayán, Cihuatlán, Tecolotlán y Autlán.
El código rojo se activa y la población vive horas de miedo e incertidumbre.
La pesadilla continúa… pic.twitter.com/HC4qiF384Z
MIENTRAS MEXICO ARDIA FUERA DE CONTROL TRAS LA MUERTE DE "MENCHO" Sacerdote hace Esto! by semillas de fe
Así realizaron los del #CJNG los narco bloqueos, obligando a los camioneros y disparatando a los neumáticos. O robaban los camiones y los atravesaban en las carreteras. A los narcos hay que declararles la guerra y combatirlos con el ejército, no hay otra. #Mexico pic.twitter.com/ILq4EZAALi
— Cristian Crespo F. 🇨🇺 (@cristiancrespoj) February 24, 2026
#ATENCION EFECTO CUCARACHA
— Cristian Crespo F. 🇨🇺 (@cristiancrespoj) February 24, 2026
Policía revela que “lo más peligroso estar por comenzar”.#GeneracionIndependencia #CJNG #Mexico pic.twitter.com/XAbOvvV8Pc
🇲🇽 Acaba de llegar a Puerto Vallarta el buque de asalto ARM Usumacinta con 400 efectivos, vehículos anfibios y capacidad de desembarco rápido.
— Jhonf Fonseca (@Jhonffonseca) February 24, 2026
Además, la Fuerza Aérea ya tiene aviones tácticos y Black Hawks sobrevolando la ciudad.
¿Cuánto poder de fuego se necesita para… pic.twitter.com/wgb2RaCwZE
🇲🇽 El Mencho, el fantasma que la DEA, la CIA y el Ejército mexicano persiguieron 15 años sin poder tocarlo, no murió en un búnker de lujo ni planeando su imperio desde las sombras.
— Jhonf Fonseca (@Jhonffonseca) February 24, 2026
No.
Pasó sus últimas 24 horas de vida con una creadora de OnlyFans.
No en una guerra épica. No… pic.twitter.com/QhrJnuxyPK
Noche larga en Jalisco: la pesadilla regresa
— Raúl Gutiérrez (@RaulGtzNR) February 24, 2026
La calma se rompió en la Zona Metropolitana de Guadalajara con una nueva ola de violencia. Bloqueos, incendios y ataques simultáneos convirtieron las calles en un escenario de miedo e incertidumbre. Entre los hechos más alarmantes, un… pic.twitter.com/jmS8DPiq8f
🚨🇲🇽🇺🇸 | #URGENTE Carlos Ruckauf reveló que Estados Unidos lideró la captura de "El Mencho" pero Claudia Sheinbaum decidió asesinarlo durante su traslado para que no expusiera en Estados Unidos sus vínculos con el narcogobierno de México y el financiamiento a Morena. pic.twitter.com/vjTp8zDmBe
— La Derecha Diario (@laderechadiario) February 23, 2026