The cartel chaos that erupted Sunday in Guadalajara was greatly diminished as of Monday morning, although the city continues on lockdown.

Today, the violence is the result of the rapid growth of the CJNG, which emerged in 2010 after the fragmentation of the Sinaloa and Milenio cartels. Since then, the group has spent years developing a system of criminal control in Guadalajara, its urban epicenter.

While shelter-in-place orders have been lifted in areas such as Baja California and Cancun, the states of Jalisco and Nayarit are still experiencing road blockages and criminal activity.

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Amid the unrest, an alleged cartel message has surfaced online warning residents of Guadalajara and surrounding areas to remain indoors.

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Various acts of violence and vandalism were committed in Guadalajara and other parts of Jalisco on Monday night in an apparent continuation of the hostile reaction to the death on Sunday of CJNG leader Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera Cervantes.