Clandestine Camp with Drone-Launched Explosives Disabled in Zapopan, Jalisco — No Cartel Attribution Confirmed

On September 20, 2026, Mexican Army and National Guard personnel on patrol in the San Francisco de Ixcatán locality of Zapopan, Jalisco — CJNG's traditional home base — located and disabled a clandestine camp in a cave, seizing 6 long guns, 20 improvised explosive devices, 25 detonators/fuses configured to be launched from drones, ammunition, tactical equipment, 3 radios, 4 vehicles and 5 motorcycles. Jalisco state security secretary Juan Pablo Hernández said the site functioned as a monitoring point and that TEDAX bomb specialists destroyed 35 devices on-site (10 improvised nipple-type charges with flash powder, 25 drone-launch detonators) due to the risk of transport. Unofficial reports put detentions at roughly 10, unconfirmed by federal authorities. Hernández stated explicitly that, as of the report, there was no information attributing the explosives to a specific criminal group, though the drone-detonation configuration and manufacturing technique were said to resemble methods associated with former Guatemalan military (possibly Kaibiles) rather than being confirmed as CJNG's own 'Operadores Droneros' unit.