Violence is continuing to spread in Mexico.

16:01, Tue, Feb 24, 2026 Updated: 16:17, Tue, Feb 24, 2026

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Tijuana, Mexico (Image: Getty)

The cartel violence that has erupted in Mexico is threatening to spill over the border into the US.

Suspected narco-terrorists set vehicles on fire at the border wall in Tijuana, close to San Diego, set up roadblocks and targeted local businesses on Monday, the New York Post reported.

The newspaper also said this is linked to the death of the Jalisco's cartel boss Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera Cervantes, who was killed during a special forces raid in the town of Tapalpa. "Vengeful gang members quickly brought hell to cities across the country", the Post also said.

Violence has also spread farther up the west coast, with local media reporting attacks in parts of Baja California and as close to the US as Tijuana.

Reporter Jorge Ventura shared clips of the city on Monday, showing several cars had been torched near the border wall.

In one clip, a burned-out vehicle with its trunk open was surrounded by armed Mexican soldiers just feet away from the towering fence. In another video, a different car could be seen engulfed in flames on a major highway running alongside the gateway to America.

Quoted by the Post, Ventura said: “Right next to us is the US-Mexico border wall. About an hour ago cartels burnt a vehicle on this major highway. Once again sending a message to the Mexican government, also possibly the US government.” He later warned: “This could be the start of unrest in Tijuana later into the night.”

This resulted in 25 arrests of suspected gang members since Sunday over burning cars, setting up blockades, and attacking small businesses.

US Customs and Border Protection confirmed on Monday all entrances to the country in the Southwest are still “open and fully operational” and “there are no planned closures,” the US newspaper also said.

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Jalisco cartel boss Oseguera Cervantes was killed in a raid on Sunday. Mexico’s Defense Secretary Ricardo Trevilla said intelligence agents hunted him down to a secluded compound through one of his girlfriends.

The New York Post said they discovered the woman was taken to Tapalpa, a mountainside getaway community in Jalisco where Oseguera and his militia were hiding out.