Violence continues in several areas in Mexico following the killing of drug cartel "El Mencho" during a military operation on Sunday.

Twenty-five Mexican National Guard members were dead after the country's army killed the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, according to the Associated Press.

Clashes have erupted in western Mexico after the killing of a powerful cartel leader and Americans in parts of the country are being advised to shelter in place. CBS News reporter Karen Hua has more.

Mexican officials said 25 Mexican National Guard troops were killed in the ensuing violence triggered by the killing of cartel leader "El Mencho."

The U.S. ordered citizens to shelter in place in Mexico's Jalisco, Tamaulipas, Michoacan, Guerrero and Nuevo Leon states.

Twenty-five members of the Mexican National Guard were left dead in Jalisco in six separate attacks after the killing of Jalisco New Generation Cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, Mexico Security Secretary Omar García Harfuch said Monday.

A tip about drug lord Nemesio Oseguera's romantic liaisons led Mexican authorities ⁠to the ⁠cartel leader's hideout in a small town of Jalisco state where he was ⁠killed, Mexican authorities said on Monday in the first account of the ambush that spawned violence across much of Mexico.

Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes — known as "El Mencho" — was the boss of one of the fastest-growing criminal networks in Mexico.