{"id":515032,"date":"2026-07-12T18:21:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T22:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/tragic-accident-in-mexico-leaves-16-dead-on-the-guadalajara-tepic-highway\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T18:21:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T22:21:51","slug":"tragic-accident-in-mexico-leaves-16-dead-on-the-guadalajara-tepic-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/uncategorized\/tragic-accident-in-mexico-leaves-16-dead-on-the-guadalajara-tepic-highway\/","title":{"rendered":"Tragic accident in Mexico leaves 16 dead on the Guadalajara-Tepic highway"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to reports, a <strong>semi-truck<\/strong> <strong>struck<\/strong> <strong>workers<\/strong> who were performing <a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/internacionales\/muere-a-los-74-anos-el-exemir\/\"><strong>maintenance<\/strong><\/a> and caused a <strong>multi-vehicle collision<\/strong> with a <strong>fire<\/strong> on the <strong>Guadalajara-Tepic<\/strong> highway this July 12. Preliminary information indicates a toll of around <strong>16 fatalities<\/strong>, in addition to <strong>the injured<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.infobae.com\/mexico\/2026\/07\/11\/eeuu-planeo-captura-de-el-mayo-para-desestabilizar-gobierno-de-sheinbaum-acusa-norona-que-pasaria-si-vamos-por-cabeza-de-vaca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a>The <strong>magnitude<\/strong> of the result changes between preliminary <strong>versions<\/strong>: first, <strong>6 injured<\/strong> were reported, but more recent reports place the figure near <strong>16 dead<\/strong>, with several <strong>wounded<\/strong> and missing persons. The <strong>authorities<\/strong> have not taken a position on this matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For its part, the <strong>National Guard Highways<\/strong> reported that there is a <strong>total closure<\/strong> due to the road <strong>accident<\/strong> in <strong>Jalisco<\/strong>, at kilometer 066+500 of the <strong>Guadalajara-Tepic<\/strong> highway, near the Plan de <strong>Barrancas<\/strong> Toll <strong>Booth<\/strong>, in the direction of the capital of Nayarit, according to the highway authority&#8217;s posts on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.infobae.com\/mexico\/2026\/07\/11\/quien-usara-en-mexico-el-avion-presidencial-de-honduras-luego-de-pagar-mas-de-5-millones-de-dolares-en-una-subasta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a>The corporation asked to <strong>follow<\/strong> traffic <strong>signs<\/strong> and take <strong>precautions<\/strong> when driving through the area. As an <strong>alternate route<\/strong>, the <strong>National Guard<\/strong> Highways recommended using the Guadalajara-Tepic <strong>Free Highway<\/strong>. <strong>Emergency<\/strong> services are already attending to the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the highway account, <strong>traffic<\/strong> is moving at a <strong>slow pace<\/strong> towards <strong>Guadalajara<\/strong> in the slow <strong>lane<\/strong>, while <strong>personnel work<\/strong> at the <strong>scene<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>We recommend reading: <a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/internacionales\/dos-muertos-y-cuatro-heridos\/\">Two dead and four injured after shooting during salsa festival in Toronto<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.infobae.com\/mexico\/2026\/07\/11\/esta-fue-la-estafa-en-la-que-cayeron-la-quinceanera-rubi-y-su-familia-en-la-cdmx\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"policias-estatales-de-nayarit-quedan-heridos-tras-una-emboscada-en-huajicori\">Nayarit state police officers wounded after an ambush in Huajicori<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"policias-estatales-de-nayarit-quedan-heridos-tras-una-emboscada-en-huajicori\">In a previous operation in Huajicori, security forces detained 20 hitmen and seized 12 long guns, 3,500 cartridges, 75 magazines, and eight improvised explosive devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Five state <strong>police officers<\/strong> from <strong>Nayarit<\/strong> were <strong>wounded<\/strong> on July 10 in an <strong>ambush<\/strong> near Pachecos, in <strong>Huajicori<\/strong>, a mountainous area where the <strong>drug cartel<\/strong> dispute had already caused the <strong>displacement<\/strong> of 33 communities and around 100 families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The attack <strong>occurred<\/strong> in a municipality that had already experienced a recent day of armed conflict. In a <strong>previous operation<\/strong> in Huajicori, <strong>security<\/strong> forces detained <strong>20 hitmen<\/strong> and seized <strong>12 long guns<\/strong>, more than <strong>3,500 cartridges<\/strong>, <strong>75 magazines<\/strong>, and <strong>eight improvised explosive devices<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>five injured agents<\/strong> received specialized medical <strong>attention<\/strong> and, as of the time of this publication, their condition <strong>remains stable<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Government of <strong>Nayarit<\/strong> reported that, under the instructions of <strong>Governor<\/strong> Miguel \u00c1ngel Navarro Quintero, comprehensive <strong>medical care<\/strong> was provided to the injured <strong>personnel<\/strong>. The state administration ensured <strong>services<\/strong> and <strong>resources<\/strong> for their recovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following the <strong>aggression<\/strong>, state and federal <strong>authorities<\/strong> maintained a coordinated <strong>operation<\/strong> to <strong>locate<\/strong> and arrest those who allegedly <strong>participated<\/strong> in the attack. The <strong>State Police<\/strong>, the Secretariat of <strong>National Defense<\/strong>, and the <strong>National Guard<\/strong> intervened in these actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>aggression<\/strong> against the police officers was <strong>recorded<\/strong> in an area where another armed <strong>confrontation<\/strong> had already broken out days earlier. On March 17, the municipal seat of Huajicori experienced <strong>clashes<\/strong> between the <strong>CJNG<\/strong>, allied with <strong>Los Chapitos<\/strong>, and the <strong>Los Mayos<\/strong> faction for control of the <strong>territory<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"gobierno-de-jalisco-recomienda-no-usar-agua-de-la-llave-en-la-zona-metropolitana-de-guadalajara\">Government of Jalisco recommends not using tap water in the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Secretary of Health of the Jalisco government, H\u00e9ctor Ra\u00fal P\u00e9rez, speaks about the quality of the water supply in the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area. Actions are presented and recommendations are issued for water use and healthcare, noting that citizens should purchase bottled water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Jalisco Ministry<\/strong> of <strong>Health<\/strong> has asked the inhabitants of the <strong>Guadalajara<\/strong> Metropolitan <strong>Area<\/strong> not to use <strong>tap water<\/strong> for drinking, cooking, preparing food, or brushing their teeth, and recommended using <strong>bottled water<\/strong> while <strong>sanitary analyses<\/strong> continue; the warning comes amid the debate over the <strong>restructuring<\/strong> of <strong>SIAPA<\/strong> and the state plan to invest <strong>20 billion pesos<\/strong> in new hydraulic infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The official call was made known while citizen <strong>demand<\/strong> for a health <strong>alert<\/strong> grows and doubts multiply regarding the <strong>Jalisco<\/strong> Government&#8217;s <strong>project<\/strong> to clean up the <strong>water<\/strong> operating <strong>agency<\/strong>. Opposition <strong>legislators<\/strong>, civil <strong>organizations<\/strong>, and <strong>specialists<\/strong> question that the proposal still lacks a detailed <strong>executive plan<\/strong> and warn of risks of <strong>privatization<\/strong>, <strong>concessions<\/strong>, or new public <strong>debt<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The state <strong>agency<\/strong> maintained that, as of the July 3rd cutoff, it has not detected an atypical <strong>increase<\/strong> in <strong>diseases<\/strong> that can be directly <strong>linked<\/strong> to the quality of the <strong>water<\/strong> distributed in the metropolis. The Jalisco Secretary of Health, H\u00e9ctor Ra\u00fal P\u00e9rez G\u00f3mez, also reported that <strong>monitoring<\/strong> is <strong>ongoing<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to reports, a semi-truck struck workers who were performing maintenance and caused a multi-vehicle collision with a fire on the Guadalajara-Tepic highway this July 12. Preliminary information indicates a toll of around 16 fatalities, in addition to the injured. The magnitude of the result changes between preliminary versions: first, 6 injured were reported, but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133556,"featured_media":515033,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-515032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-29YY","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/W2ZX4OT3GBANJP64GPO3A725YY.avif","dum_api":{"author_name":"Yerandi Santana","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-13-at-5.35.07-PM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["Uncategorized"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/W2ZX4OT3GBANJP64GPO3A725YY.avif"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=515032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515032\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/515033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=515032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=515032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=515032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}