Overview
- Marina and state police detained Yajaira Berenice, known as ‘La China,’ during patrols in Manzanillo, with authorities labeling her a priority target and generator of violence.
- In Elota, Sinaloa, army units located four narco camps and seized four long guns, 57 magazines, 2,944 rounds and four tactical vests.
- Troops in the same area incinerated 3,196 marijuana plants as part of the same security sweep, according to official reports.
- At another site in Elota, soldiers secured a stolen vehicle, a Barrett rifle, additional long guns, three magazines, 20 rounds, a telescopic sight and doses of drugs.
- In Concordia’s community of Copala, 86 improvised explosive devices were found and then secured and destroyed by SEDENA’s explosive ordnance team.