The shell of a torched passenger bus is parked on the side of a road after it was extinguished by firefighters in Guadalajara, Mexico, Friday, May 1, 2015. Authorities in western Mexico are asking residents to stay at home as they scramble to extinguish burning vehicles blocking roads in various parts of Guadalajara. Such blockades are a common cartel response to the arrest of important members or are used to foil police and military operations. (AP Photo/Refugio Ruiz) (The Associated Press)  People watch as a torched passenger bus smolders after it was extinguished by firefighters in Guadalajara, Mexico, Friday, May 1, 2015. Authorities in western Mexico are asking residents to stay at home as they scramble to extinguish burning vehicles blocking roads in various parts of Guadalajara. Such blockades are a common cartel response to the arrest of important members or are used to foil police and military operations. (AP Photo/Refugio Ruiz) (The Associated Press)  State police stand next to a charred passenger bus, that was extinguished by firefighters in Guadalajara, Mexico, Friday, May 1, 2015. Authorities in western Mexico are asking residents to stay at home as they scramble to extinguish burning vehicles blocking roads in various parts of Guadalajara. Such blockades are a common cartel response to the arrest of important members or are used to foil police and military operations. (AP Photo) (The Associated Press)  A policeman tries to control traffic next to a torched dump truck that was extinguished by firefighters, in Guadalajara, Mexico, Friday, May 1, 2015. Authorities in western Mexico are asking residents to stay at home as they scramble to extinguish burning vehicles blocking roads in various parts of Guadalajara. Such blockades are a common cartel response to the arrest of important members or are used to foil police and military operations. (AP Photo/Refugio Ruiz) (The Associated Press)  GUADALAJARA, Mexico – Authorities in western Mexico are asking residents to stay at home as they scramble to extinguish burning vehicles blocking roads in various parts of Guadalajara.  The prosecutor's office in the western state of Jalisco used its Twitter account to ask residents of Guadalajara to remain calm Friday morning as authorities responded to the suspected blockades ignited by a drug cartel.  Such blockades are a common cartel response to the arrest of important members or are used to foil police and military operations.  The activity came as Mexico celebrated the May 1 holiday and the federal government announced the implementation of "Operation Jalisco" to improve the state's security without providing further details.  Last month, the Jalisco New Generation cartel killed 15 state police officers in an ambush.
At least seven people died as flames and gunfire erupted around the western Mexico state of Jalisco on Friday when a military operation targeting a violent drug cartel was launched at the start ...