Although we are not in the big action in Mexico today, we certainly are on the main road that would be
travelled by anyone traversing from Guadalajara to Puerto Vallarta. For the record, this morning authorities terminated the big boss of the Jalisco Cartel, El Mencho in the town of Tapalpa Jalisco. The town is south of Guadalajara . Reports are now coming out that there were quite a few authorities killed as well in the take down. Retaliation began to erupt all along the corridor from Guadalajara to Puerto Vallarta this morning with lots of burning of vehicles and many Oxxo convenience stores in both cities and along the route. There have been no confirmed injuries to the public in the retaliation so what everyone saw today in PV was major theatrics by lots of cartel to show their anger. Because the acts were quite random, the entire state of Jalisco and Nayarit (where we are) were in lockdown with everyone advised to stay home. All businesses and services were closed and remain closed tonight. As I write this, things have calmed and we are hopeful tomorrow will see things start to open up. Bottom line is that we are safe and were never in any sort of danger today. It turned out to be a full day of Facebook and what a gong show that is.
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| Mostly done for blocking roads to hamper police efforts |
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| Everyone was force to leave their vehicle BEFORE it was torched so no one was injured. |
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| I think a bit of AI for effects lol but fairly accurate. I wonder if they send the cartel a bill for the busses? |
Nice and quiet here today as everyone was tired from watching the hockey game this morning and of course because we are kinda on lockdown. By the way Canada won silver!!
I have had a sore back for a couple days and today it was worse than usual so it felt good to lay down and I had all the time in the world to do just that.
I hope tomorrow will be a better day for everyone. Remember we are in Mexico and things are different here. It is still paradise and sunsets are amazing!! Good Nite!!!
Thanks for checking in. Even my son asked about you guys.
ReplyDeleteGood to hear you're all ok. Prayers for our world. Love to ALL.
Wish your back Will be better… back pain is godamn anoying.
ReplyDeleteHad to chuckle that you started yesterday’s post declaring “the days are getting a bit boring” - Not so now! I hope it doesn’t get too exciting and that you and yours will stay safe. Looking forward to the updates, and hope your back behaves, soon.
ReplyDeleteGood to hear, your all fine! ❤️
ReplyDeleteGood you and Archie are safe and now I hope you don't wander on your bike..
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ReplyDeleteGood that you are safe and thanks for the update. We all know news can get out of hand.
ReplyDeleteWe have traveled with our camper in every single state in Mexico for over 30 years. Spent many years in La Penita, Sayulita and Lo but the past several years we have settled in Puerto Vallarta for the winter. No longer driving here with the camper.
ReplyDeleteWe have been caught up in cartel retaliations other times over the years but have never seen anything like what happened yesterday. We were in the thick of it in Zona Romantica. What the news is portraying is not an exaggeration. Today we ventured out for a short walk and burned out buildings and cars are many. The army finally showed up around 4 yesterday. Today was quiet and praying for the same tonight. Almost all businesses closed today per the order. Tomorrow we hope to see some normalcy return.