Thursday morning a plan to try to capture Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, better known as '' El Mencho '', was launched by military forces in Mexico, which led to the blockade of federal highway 200 in Tomatlan, located about 100 kilometers south of Puerto Vallarta.
Bridges and roads of most of the towns in the area were also blocked by cartel to try to prevent the advance of troops of the Marine Infantry, who carried out the search operation of the leader of the Jalisco Cartel Nueva Generación (CJNG) ) that moves through the southern zone of Jalisco, according to intelligence reports.
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