Analysts have observed that the recent violence in Western Mexico that resulted in seven dead people and a forced down a military helicopter may have all been a display of power by the Jalisco New Generation drug cartel.

The deadly show of force occurred on Friday after security forces launched a campaign against the cartel. After the violence, which involved gunmen setting fire to cars, buses, banks, and gasoline stations ended, state authorities remained on alert both in and around Jalisco's capital city of Guadalajara.

According to Jose Reveles, the author of several books on the subject of drug trafficking, Mexico's government is going head-on against the young cartel. The leader of the Jalisco New Generation is Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, a man who goes by the moniker "El Mencho." Oseguera Cervantes is considered to be one of the Mexico wealthiest drug lords, trafficking areas in Europe, Asia, Australia, as well as South Africa.

As reported by The Associated Press, Reveles has stated that the Mexican government has had to move with a new found urgency against the drug cartel as "Everything points to an increase in violence because there hasn't been a cartel this strong in the state since the 1980s."

On Friday the U.S. consulate in Guadalajara pleaded with American citizens in the area to remain indoors. On Saturday the federal Attorney General's Office announced that it would be turning over 10 people for prosecution in a March 30 drug cartel attack that had been made on the police.

As reported in Al Jazerra, although the official number of homicides in Jalisco has fallen since President Peña Nieto took office in December 2012, the president said that the state remains one of the areas that would most benefit from an improved security.