El Mencho is dead, and Mexico has descended into chaos. The leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, was eliminated in an operation that the White House confirms would not have happened without President Trump's direct leadership—and now Americans are paying the price as cartel forces unleash hell across multiple Mexican states.
The retaliation was swift and devastating. Twenty-five Mexican National Guard troops were killed in coordinated strikes. Entire city blocks in Guadalajara are engulfed in flames, captured in drone footage that looks like a war zone. Airports shut down. Highways blocked. And hundreds of American citizens found themselves trapped with no way out as cartel armies armed with rocket-propelled grenades and armored personnel carriers battled for control.
Americans Trapped as Cartels Strike Back
State Department crisis hotlines were overwhelmed within hours as desperate calls poured in from Americans stranded in resort towns, unable to reach airports or find safe passage through regions now controlled by warring factions. Secretary of State Marco Rubio personally coordinated the response while private veteran-led rescue organizations mobilized into the hot zone.
Brian Stern, chairman of Gray Bull Rescues, deployed helicopters and up-armored vehicles to extract stranded citizens. Stern, whose organization has conducted over 800 missions in combat zones worldwide, described the cartels as "extremely capable" paramilitary forces—not some ragtag gang, but sophisticated armies with intelligence networks that rival nation-states.
"Mexican drug cartels know not to lay a finger on a single American or they will pay severe consequences under this president," Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt declared.
That's not diplomatic language, Patriots. That's a promise backed by American power.
Trump's Day-One Action Made This Possible
Here's the truth the establishment media won't tell you: This operation succeeded because President Trump designated cartels as foreign terrorist organizations on day one, authorizing lethal action and pressuring Mexico to act. The contrast with Biden-era appeasement couldn't be starker.
With roughly 20 percent of Mexican territory under cartel control and 120,000 people disappeared, this war was inevitable. The question is: Will Trump finish what he started and eliminate these terrorist organizations once and for all?