Coordinated Actions by the Security Cabinet Target Multiple Regions in Mexico
The Security Cabinet has executed a series of coordinated operations across 14 Mexican states, resulting in arrests, searches, and seizures of firearms and various types of drugs. These actions are part of the National Security Strategy, focusing on four key areas: addressing root causes, consolidating the National Guard, strengthening intelligence and investigation, and coordinating with federal entities.
Baja California:
In Tijuana and Ensenada, elements of the National Guard (GN), Mexican Army, and Fiscalía General de la República (FGR) conducted three raids, resulting in:
- The arrest of 10 individuals
- Seizure of three short firearms, cargers, 530 bullets, a vehicle, a motorcycle, and various drug doses
Chihuahua:
In Ciudad Juárez, GN, Mexican Army, and Chihuahua State Fiscalía collaborated to:
- Seize a long firearm, 11.4 kg of fentanyl, and 82.5 kg of marijuana
- The estimated value of the seized drugs is 40.7 million pesos
Estado de México:
In Naucalpan, GN elements apprehended one individual and secured:
- A replica of a short firearm
- Various marijuana doses and a radio communication equipment
- The estimated value of the seized drugs is 153,442 pesos
In San Juan Teotihuacán, elements of the Mexican Army and the Federal Prosecutor’s Office for Mexico City incinerated:
- 182 kg of marijuana
- 15 kg of methamphetamine
- 5 kg of cocaine
- 1 kg of heroin
- 550 grams of psychotropic substances
- 1.29 liters of psychotropic substances
- 52,977 psychotropic pills
Guanajuato:
In Jerécuaro, Jaral del Progreso, Celaya, Tarimoro, Villagrán, and Juventino Rosas, GN and Mexican Army elements detained four people and secured:
- Six stolen motorcycles
- One vehicle with 17 stolen tires
- Various drug doses
Guerrero:
In Acapulco, SSPC, GN, Mexican Army elements executed two arrest warrants against two individuals accused of homicide.
Michoacán:
In Apatzingán, Ejército Mexicano and State Police detained three people and secured:
- Two long firearms
- Six cargers
- 90 bullets
- Two homemade mortars
- Various drug doses
- Tactical gear
In Parácuaro, Buenavista, and Apatzingán, Ejército Mexicano and State Police secured:
- One long firearm
- Ten cargers
- 800 bullets
- One improvised explosive device
Oaxaca:
In Juchitán, the State Fiscalía arrested a man accused of kidnapping.
Sinaloa:
In Concordia, Mexican Army elements detained three individuals and secured:
- Three long firearms
- 45 cargers
- 350 bullets
- Various drug doses
- Clothing and tactical gear
In Elota, Potrerillo del Norote community, Mexican Army elements secured:
- One machine gun
- Seven long firearms
- 113 cargers
- 1,270 bullets
- 11 tactical vests
In General Plutarco Elías Calles, Mexican Army and State Fiscalía detained four people and secured:
- Four long firearms
- One short firearm
- 32 cargers
- 1,047 bullets
- Four tactical vests
- One vehicle
In Cajeme, Matías Méndez colonia, Sea Army elements conducted a search and secured:
- One long firearm
- One short firearm
- Four cargers
- Various metamphetamine doses
- One motorcycle
In Hermosillo, State Police and Sea Army elements detained a man and secured:
- One long firearm
- One short firearm
- Two cargers
- 32 usable bullets
- 600 marijuana baggies
- 120 crystal baggies
- One vehicle
In Puerto Peñasco, Sea Army elements during patrols inhibited an illegal antenna and observation post used by criminal groups, as well as seized:
- Seven batteries
- Seven solar panels with two regulators
- One modem
- One electronic communication device
In Sonoyta, San Luis Rio Colorado, Nogales, and General Plutarco Elías Calles, Mexican Army and State Fiscalía detained three people and secured:
- One short firearm
- Seven cargers
- 170 bullets
- One tactical vest
- Two ballistic plates
- Three vehicles
- Various drug doses
Tabasco:
In Centro, GN, Mexican Army, and SSPC detained eight individuals and secured:
- Three long firearms
- Three cargers
- 45 bullets
- Two vehicles
In Comalcalco, Mexican Army, GN, Sea Army, FGR, SSPC, State Fiscalía, and PEMEX personnel raided two properties and secured:
- One million five hundred thousand liters of hydrocarbons
- Equipment for crude oil processing
Tamaulipas:
In Abasolo, Mexican Army and FGR raided a property, securing:
- Ten long firearms
- Six cargers
- 36,393 bullets
- Various firearm parts
In Matamoros, GN and Mexican Army detained three individuals and secured:
- Six long firearms
- One short firearm
- 14 cargers
- 450 bullets
- Two tactical vests
- Three vehicles, two with stolen reports
In Nuevo Laredo, Mexican Army detained two individuals and secured:
- Two short firearms
- Two cargers
- 28 bullets
- One vehicle
Querétaro:
In Querétaro, GN and Mexican Army discovered a clandestine laboratory and secured:
- 8,360 liters
- 2,390 kg of substances for methamphetamine production
- The estimated economic impact on criminal organizations is 638 million pesos
Anti-Drug Production and Trafficking Operations:
In Chihuahua, Durango, Sinaloa, Oaxaca, and Guerrero, Mexican Army elements destroyed:
- 165 poppy fields in 11 hectares
- 35 marijuana fields in three hectares
In El Nayar, Nayarit, Semar’s “Location, Securement, Destruction of Clandestine Plantations and Laboratories in Nayarit” operation eradicated:
- 18 poppy fields in 114,925 square meters, approximately two million eight hundred thirty-five thousand one hundred twenty-five poppy plants
In Cosalá, Sinaloa, Mexican Army elements located:
- Four areas of material diversity concentration
- 1,570 liters of methamphetamine production substances
- The estimated economic impact on criminal organizations is 33 million pesos
