{"id":500797,"date":"2026-02-23T21:29:37","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T01:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/23-inmates-escape-from-puerto-vallarta-prison-confirmed-after-violence-due-to-the-death-of-el-mencho-in-jalisco\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T21:29:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T01:29:37","slug":"23-inmates-escape-from-puerto-vallarta-prison-confirmed-after-violence-due-to-the-death-of-el-mencho-in-jalisco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/23-inmates-escape-from-puerto-vallarta-prison-confirmed-after-violence-due-to-the-death-of-el-mencho-in-jalisco\/","title":{"rendered":"23 inmates escape from Puerto Vallarta prison confirmed after violence due to the death of \"El Mencho\" in Jalisco"},"content":{"rendered":"The Public Security Secretariat of Jalisco (SSP) confirmed the escape of 23 people, who were deprived of their liberty in the prison of Ixtapa, located in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco.\n\n\n

<\/a>The incident, which occurred on February 22nd, happened after armed groups broke into the penitentiary<\/strong>, with shots and the demolition of a gate by means of a vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\nAccording to the official information, the situation generated a series of internal disturbances.\n\n\n

<\/a>In a press conference, the Secretary of Public Security of Jalisco, Juan Pablo Hern\u00e1ndez<\/strong>, specified that alerts have been implemented to different federal entities<\/strong> to locate and capture the escapees.<\/p>\n\n\nIn addition, the official confirmed<\/strong> that penitentiary security elements tried to repel the aggression, but one of them died<\/strong> during the confrontation.\n\n\n

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<\/a>Response from authorities and control of the situation<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\nThe leak was confirmed by Juan Pablo Hern\u00e1ndez. Credit: Facebook - Juan Pablo Hern\u00e1ndez.\n\nThe head of the Public Security Secretariat (SSP) declared that, after the attack, there were attempts at fights within the prison, so reinforcements were requested from the metropolitan area and from Puerto Vallarta to restore order, a task that was complicated by the violence recorded in other parts of the municipality.\n\nHern\u00e1ndez <\/strong>pointed out that security was restored after the roll call, and that human rights personnel<\/strong> remain in the prison supervising the situation.\n\n\u201cThe information available at roll call is that<\/em>twenty-three<\/strong><\/em>people deprived of their liberty have escaped and the corresponding alerts are already being sent to the different federal entities for their capture,\u201d<\/em> declared Hern\u00e1ndez<\/strong> in a press conference.\n\n\n

State police support after the Ixtapa prison break<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\nThe Secretary of Public Security of Jalisco<\/strong> reported that it was necessary to send elements of the state police to provide support at the Ixtapa prison.\n\nAccording to the report, personnel from the metropolitan area and prominent elements in Puerto Vallarta<\/strong> went to the penitentiary center to collaborate in the restoration of order, due to the complexity of the events and the disturbances that occurred after the entry of the armed groups.\n\nThe official explained that the arrival of reinforcements was complicated by the situation inside and outside the prison.\n\n\n

Context of the violence after the death of \"El Mencho\"<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\nThe mass escape occurs amid an escalation of violence in Jalisco<\/strong>, attributed to the reaction of criminal groups due to the arrest and subsequent death of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, <\/strong>alias \u201cEl Mencho\u201d<\/strong>, the result of an operation led by the Secretariat of National Defense (Defense)<\/strong> in Tapalpa<\/strong>.\n\nAccording to official reports, the killing of Nemesio<\/strong> caused criminal groups linked to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG)<\/strong> to carry out 85 narco-blockades<\/strong> distributed in the following states:\n\n\n
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  • Baja California<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • State of Mexico<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Michoac\u00e1n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Guanajuato<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Guerrero,<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Jalisco<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Oaxaca<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Sinaloa<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Tamaulipas<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Veracruz<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Zacatecas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\nThe entity that suffered the most violence from the criminal group was Jalisco<\/strong>, because it concentrated the largest number, with 18 blockades.\n\nYou can also read:\n\n\n

    Similar case: the Culiacanazo escape<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\nDuring the \"Culiacanazo\"<\/strong>, which occurred on October 17, 2019 in Culiac\u00e1n<\/strong>, Sinaloa<\/strong>, the violent events and the mass escape of inmates occurred as a criminal response to the capture of Ovidio Guzm\u00e1n L\u00f3pez<\/strong>, son of Joaqu\u00edn \"El Chapo\" Guzm\u00e1n<\/strong> and one of the main leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel<\/strong> at that time.\n\nOn that occasion, armed groups deployed blockades, attacks, and clashes at different points in Culiac\u00e1n<\/strong> to pressure the authorities and achieve the release of Guzm\u00e1n L\u00f3pez.\n\nIn the midst of the chaos, more than 50<\/strong> inmates took advantage of the crisis to escape from the Aguaruto prison<\/strong>, increasing the climate of insecurity in the city and evidencing the capacity of criminal groups.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The Public Security Secretariat of Jalisco (SSP) confirmed the escape of 23 people, who were deprived of their liberty in the prison of Ixtapa, located in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco. The incident, which occurred on February 22nd, happened after armed groups broke into the penitentiary, with shots and the demolition of a gate by means of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133556,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-500797","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized"},"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Yerandi Santana","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-13-at-5.35.07-PM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["Uncategorized"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=500797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500797\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=500797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=500797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}