Cartel warfare threatens to spill into California as narco-terrorists unleash hell on border city

Cartel warfare has threatened to spill into California as a Mexican 
border city was engulfed in violence following the killing of a 
notorious drug kingpin.

Suspected narco-terrorists torched vehicles at the border wall in 
Tijuana, a stone’s throw from San Diego, set up roadblocks and targeted 
local businesses on Monday.

Haunting footage showed a major highway that runs parallel to the United 
States completely shut down while cops cautiously inspected a burning car.

Horrific scenes erupted across Mexico after Jalisco cartel boss Nemesio 
“El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes was killed during a special forces raid 
in the mountain town of Tapalpa.

Vengeful gang members quickly brought hell to cities across the country, 
with the popular tourist resort Puerto Vallarta bearing the brunt.

Violence has also spread farther up the west coast, with local media 
reports detailing attacks in parts of Baja California and as close to 
the US as Tijuana.

Reporter Jorge Ventura shared a terrifying view of the city on Monday, 
showing multiple cars had been torched within sight of the border wall.

In one clip, a burned-out vehicle with its trunk open was surrounded by 
armed Mexican soldiers just feet away from the towering fence.

Another video showed a different car engulfed in flames on a major 
highway running alongside the gateway to America.

Ventura said: “Right next to us is the US-Mexico border wall. About an 
hour ago cartels burnt a vehicle on this major highway.

“Once again sending a message to the Mexican government, also possibly 
the US government.” He later warned: “This could be the start of unrest 
in Tijuana later into the night.”

Local cops reportedly arrested 25 suspected gang members since Sunday 
over burning cars, setting up blockades and attacking small businesses.

Tijuana is a major border crossing between California and Mexico, with 
around 200,000 passing through San Ysidro and Otay Mesa every day, 
around 50 million a year.

US Customs and Border Protection confirmed on Monday all entrances to 
the country in the Southwest are still “open and fully operational” and 
“there are no planned closures.”

The violence followed the dramatic arrest and killing of Jalisco cartel 
boss Oseguera Cervantes in a daring raid on Sunday.

Mexico’s Defense Secretary Ricardo Trevilla said intelligence agents 
hunted him down to a secluded compound through one of his girlfriends.

They discovered the woman was taken to Tapalpa, a mountainside getaway 
community in Jalisco where Oseguera and his militia were hiding out.

While the girlfriend eventually left the resort, El Mencho and his men 
remained holed up until the Mexican military deployed its special forces 
to take them out.

Once the troops got inside, heavily armed men fired at the soldiers, 
leading to a gunfight and chase in the woods near the resort that 
resulted in the deaths of four cartel members.

Three others were critically injured and died while being transported to 
a hospital in Mexico City, including Oseguera.

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