Tourists in Mexican seaside city told to stay on resort as government warns of ‘clashes’

Tourists successful the Mexican seaside metropolis of Puerto Vallarta were told not to permission their edifice connected Sunday arsenic a authorities authoritative warned of "clashes" successful the country pursuing a national operation.

Photos and video shared with Fox News Digital seizure billowing, acheronian fume clouding the skyline of the city, which is located connected Mexico’s Pacific Coast successful the authorities of Jalisco.

Tourists astatine a section edifice told Fox News Digital that they were urged to enactment enactment astatine the resort. They said nary crushed for exercising the caution was instantly given.

The U.S. State Department aboriginal issued a question informing for aggregate areas successful Mexico connected Sunday afternoon, urging U.S. citizens to structure successful spot until further announcement owed to "ongoing security operations and related road blockages and transgression activity."

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Smoke was seen rising into the skies of Puerto Vallarta successful Mexico's Jalisco authorities connected Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026. (Obtained by Fox News Digital)

The question informing was issued for parts of Jalisco State, including Puerto Vallarta, Chapala and Guadalajara; Tamaulipas State, including Reynosa and different municipalities; and areas of Michoacan State, Guerrero State and Nuevo Leon State.

Jalisco Governor Pablo Lemus Navarro announced successful a station connected X that national forces carried retired an "operation" successful the municipality of Tapalpa earlier Sunday, which led to "clashes" successful the area.

"Also arsenic a effect of said operation, successful assorted points of that portion and successful different parts of Jalisco, individuals person burned and blocked vehicles with the purpose of hindering the actions of the authorities," Navarro wrote successful the station successful Spanish.

In aggregate posts, Navarro wrote that "the convulsive incidents person spread" and "blockades person shifted" arsenic the authorities and instrumentality enforcement enactment to safeguard citizens.

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Navarro added that the authorities has enacted a "Code Red" to support the nationalist safe.

Tourists said they were told not to permission their edifice successful Puerto Vallarta connected Sunday. (Obtained by Fox News Digital)

"We reiterate the proposal to debar leaving your homes," Navarro wrote successful a 2nd post. "The clashes are occurring successful respective national entities."

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While authorities officials did not instantly supply details astir the national operation, section quality outlets study that the cognition whitethorn person progressive the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and 1 of its notorious leaders, Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera Cervantes.