New narco-related incidents escalated across Jalisco and Michoacán between 6:15 AM and 7:15 AM UTC on February 24, 2026, including burning trucks blockading the highway in Cihuatlán, Jalisco, as reported by GARCIPAVON citing Informativo EdoMex; gunshots in Tlajomulco de Zúñiga and at Periférico and Naciones Unidas in Guadalajara per GNocturnaMX; and a gas station arson in Zamora, Michoacán extinguished by employees, according to xPerspectiva. Police mobilizations occurred on Francisco I. Madero Street in Zapopan's Mariano Otero neighborhood next to Vista Bugambilias, possibly involving an Oxxo store arson or robbery, as posted by GNocturnaMX citing UMPCyBZ and PoliciaZapopan. Shootouts were reported on Morelia-Tarimbaro borders near Tec del Valle and Misión del Valle by michangoonga, while drones appeared over Tonalá skies of unknown origin per Libro_negro_. Additional reports included gunshots in Valle de los Encinos, Tlajomulco de Zúñiga, as stated by GNocturnaMX, and ongoing shootings with vehicle fires in Oblatos, Juanacatlan, plus brush and garbage fires in Tonalá, Tlaquepaque, and downtown Guadalajara since 12:35 a.m., according to karivscoag. These developments build on prior CJNG violence in Autlán de Navarro following the February 23 death of leader El Mencho, with federal forces capturing operative El Güero earlier today per previous Vitamvivere reports. A separate arson wave reached San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora, targeting private vehicles, a Pepsi truck, and Oxxo del Tomatazo store, under investigation by the prosecutor's office as reported by MataSalas123.
