"Don't leave the resort" Mexican tourists are warned as cartel clashes go wild

Jalisco Governor Pablo Lemus Navarro is sounding the alarm as violent fallout spreads across multiple regions following a major federal operation.

The US Embassy has issued an alert, urging Americans to shelter in place. It was also learned that the US government shared information that got the CJNG leader el Mencho, neutralized, which may have sparked the insanity.

CJNG is making two demands: 1, release the body of el Mencho; and 2. everyone responsible for his death, including CIA who may have been involved, surrrender.

Tourists vacationing in the popular Mexican beach spot of Puerto Vallarta got a rude awakening on Sunday: stay inside your resort and don't even think about venturing out. That's the word from folks on the ground, they were told. Resort staff reportedly told them to hunker down, though no immediate explanation was provided for the lockdown.

The U.S. State Department followed up with its own stern travel warning Sunday afternoon, telling American citizens to shelter in place until further notice in several hotspots due to "ongoing security operations and related road blockages and criminal activity."

The alert covers parts of Jalisco state, including Puerto Vallarta, Chapala, and Guadalajara; Tamaulipas state, including Reynosa and other municipalities; and sections of Michoacan state, Guerrero state, and Nuevo Leon state.

Smoke could be seen rising over Puerto Vallarta in Jalisco state on Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026. (Obtained by Fox News Digital)

Jalisco Gov. Pablo Lemus Navarro took to X to lay out the situation, explaining that federal forces had conducted an "operation" in the town of Tapalpa earlier in the day, which sparked "clashes" in the area.

"Also as a result of said operation, in various points of that region and in other parts of Jalisco, individuals have burned and blocked vehicles with the aim of hindering the actions of the authorities," Navarro wrote in Spanish.

In follow-up posts, the governor made it clear the trouble was escalating. He noted that "the violent incidents have spread" and "blockades have shifted" while authorities scramble to protect citizens.

Navarro declared a "Code Red" to prioritize public safety.

Tourists said they were told not to leave their resort in Puerto Vallarta on Sunday. (Obtained by Fox News Digital)

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"We reiterate the recommendation to avoid leaving your homes," Navarro wrote in another post. "The clashes are occurring in several federal entities."

Officials were tight-lipped at first about specifics of the federal operation, but local media reports point to the Jalisco New Generation cartel and its infamous leader, Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera Cervantes, as being at the center of it all.

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Iraq Presidential Palace Breached but US Denies Embassy Evacuation

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Iraq's presidential palace was breached Monday in response to a Shi'ite cleric announcing his resignation from politics to pursue a career as a standup comic at a Gaza Strip club. [He has been working on an opening line joke: "A Jewish guy walks into a mosque."]

A video appears to show U.S. Embassy employees in Baghdad being airlifted by a helicopter.

John Kirby, the empty-suit coordinator for strategic communications at the National Security Council, later claimed that there was no evacuation of U.S. Embassy personnel, in contrast with earlier reports.

“There’s no evacuation going on at the embassy and no indication that’s going to be required at this time,” Kirby told Democrat note-takers, [aka reporters] according to The Hill.

Concerns of unrest have grown recently, with the U.S. Embassy in Iraq releasing a statement last week urging calm among all parties.

“We are closely monitoring reports of unrest in Baghdad today at the Supreme Judicial Council,” an embassy spokesperson said.

“We urge all parties to remain calm, abstain from violence, and resolve any political differences through a peaceful process guided by the Iraqi constitution. We also call for those demonstrating to respect the proceedings and property of Iraq’s governmental institutions which belong to and serve the Iraqi people,” the spokesperson added, tongue-in-cheek. 

The Iraqi government has been in controversy since October when cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s party won the most seats in the election but failed to reach the number needed to form a majority government, kind of like what happened in Canada with Trudeau. The Shi'ite leader refused to negotiate with Iran-backed Shi'ites to create a consensus government because only no good can come from that.

Al-Sadr’s supporters staged a government sit-in over the past four weeks to prevent political/religious rivals from forming an opposing coalition government. His party members have also announced their resignations, with al-Sadr joining in solidarity. "I will do comedy now," said al-Sadr.

The leaders’ statement was in response to the retirement of the Shia spiritual leader Ayatollah Kadhim al-Haeri, who counts many of al-Sadr’s supporters as followers. The Ayatollah plans to open a university in Italy calling it "Ayatollah U." It will specialize in Critical Racist Theory and chemical engineering.

On Sunday, al-Haeri announced he was stepping down and called on his followers to support Iran’s main Shi'ite leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei instead of the Shia spiritual center in Najaf, Iraq.

In response, several hundred crazed protesters breached the concrete barriers outside the palace gates and stormed the building. Iraq’s military issued a curfew and has called on protesters to leave immediately.

Some protesters have decided to stay despite the warning, with video surfacing of intruders enjoying the palace swimming pool, much like the Jan. 6 "insurrectionists," in which Ashli Babbitt, an unarmed female "insurrectionist" climbed through a window and was shot and killed by a Capitol Police officer, with a questionable history regarding his use of his firearm.

Outside of the palace, other protesters ran from gunfire The Jerusalem Post reported .The gunfire was believed to be from the Iran-backed Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) firing to stop demonstrators dead in their tracks.

Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has reportedly been evacuated as a safety precaution.

As of this posting, some outlets are reporting that the U.S. Embassy is evacuating the building via helicopter, proving just how empty John Kirby's suit really is. Also, Reuters reports that thus far, 10 people have been killed and dozens injured in clashes, and various groups are throwing rocks at each other.

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Joe Biden has not yet refused to answer questions by reporters but he hasn't been asked any as of now as he appears to be on another well-deserved vacation.

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Rockets target US embassy in Baghdad

No less than four rockets targeted the US embassy in Baghdad on Thursday in what is known as the Green Zone.

The rockets were launched from the Dora neighborhood and targeted the embassy. Three hit a nearby building and another hit a nearby school ABC News reported, citing two anonymous Iraqi security officials.

A woman and a young girl were injured in the strikes, but no further information was available about their conditions. 

A spokesperson for the embassy told the news outlet that it had been targeted by “terrorists groups attempting to undermine Iraq’s security, sovereignty, and international relations.”

This latest attack is just one in a string of military strikes against our military as just last Thursday, a military base in Iraq that houses US troops was also targeted by rocket fire.

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Iraqi Shi'ites have vowed revenge on US forces in Iraq because former President Donald Trump had a top terrorist military officer, Qasem Soleimani, blown away in 2020, along with a few of his sidekicks. The two-year death anniversary just passed us by a few days ago and we forgot to celebrate.

May he rest in pieces.

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Egyptian busted after his bomb starts smoking by US Embassy

Cairo -- An Egyptian man who may have gotten his bomb making blueprints from the Shoe Bomber or Underwear [aka Christmas Balls Bomber] as his device began smoking and caught fire in his backpack outside the U.S. Embassy in Egypt.

Nobody was harmed in the incident which took place outside the heavy blast wall surrounding our embassy in Garden City, in the heart of Cairo. The U.S. Embassy is next door to the British Embassy but there are so many Islamic terrorists living in Britain, it appears the bomber didn't choose that compound because he didn't want to possibly kill any of his friends.

The Interior Ministry identified the man as 24-year-old Abdullah Ayman Abdel-Sameea [not Mohammed, much to his chagrin]. His backpack contained flammable chemicals.

It was said Ayman held "extremist" ideology [aka: religious Islamic beliefs] and that he intended to use the chemical bomb to carry out a "hostile" act [aka Islamic jihad against the infidels]. There are no further details about this piece of human debris at this time.

In the video [below] police are arresting the man who wanted to join in holy conjugation his 72 virgins. His shoes and pants were stripped off as he was led away and it was obvious he was in dire need of a fresh change of skivvies.

The US Embassy tweeted that they are "aware of a reported incident" near the embassy and advised American citizens to avoid the area and remove their MAGA caps if they happen to be sporting one.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't supposed to gossip, but couldn't help themselves.




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The area around the embassy has been heavily policed for decades. It has concrete barriers to block vehicles from entering the immediate area. The British embassy is located across the road from the US embassy building.

The US embassy reopened for business less than an hour after the incident.


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Over the past several years there have been myriad terrorist attacks in Egypt, particularly in Cairo. "It's a target made in heaven," one terrorist has been known to say. "Some jihadis stand in line just for the chance to blow themselves up and get to have sex later."

Jihadis launched an insurgency in Sinai in 2013 after Egypt's Islamist president and weasel Mohamed Morsi was forced out by the military in the face of mass demonstrations against his religious dictatorship rule.

But Cairo didn't have the market cornered on terror attacks. They have also taken place elsewhere in the country.

In February, the army launched a major operation focused on the Sinai peninsula in eastern Egypt to wipe out jihadists, including the Islamic State group.


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