Overview
- Security forces located, dismantled and rendered unusable four clandestine methamphetamine laboratories in sites near Carácuaro, Michoacán, and in Zirándaro and Coahuayutla de José María Izazaga, Guerrero.
- The operations were led by the Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional, the SSPC and the Guardia Nacional in coordination with state authorities.
- Officials seized and destroyed more than 10 tonnes of precursors and chemicals and large equipment including 27 reactors, 54 gas tanks, 45 pots, 57 large tubs and six 1,000-liter containers.
- Federal agents completed the inactivations despite coming under gunfire from unidentified criminal shooters, and authorities have notified the Ministerio Público while security sweeps continue to try to detain those responsible.
- The actions are part of a wider campaign that has inactivated over 2,700 clandestine labs nationwide and are meant to cut production capacity and disrupt the logistics and finances of criminal groups.