Overview

• Joint Argentine and Mexican security forces seized over 1.35 tons of coca leaves, 278 kilograms of cocaine and 80 kilograms of marijuana while dismantling clandestine synthetic drug laboratories.
• Argentina’s Operativo Lapacho checkpoints on Routes 34 and 16 yielded 1.32 tonnes of coca leaves and 172.4 kilograms of concealed cocaine, while a separate Gendarmería inspection near Cafayate uncovered 106.4 kilograms of cocaine and agents in Aguilares intercepted 10.9 kilograms of marijuana.
• Policía de Tucumán officers at the 7 de Abril border post seized 30 kilograms of coca leaves during a routine freight inspection.
• Mexican interinstitutional task forces in Sinaloa destroyed clandestine labs in Cosalá and Culiacán, securing industrial mixers, hundreds of liters of chemical precursors and 70 kilograms of stored marijuana.
• Dozens of suspects, including alleged ringleaders, have been detained and ongoing investigations are probing broader smuggling networks and precursor supply chains.