Overview
- Authorities say the devices were located on November 12 during ground reconnaissance in the community of Copala, in the municipality of Concordia.
- The Célula Contra Artefactos Explosivos secured and neutralized all 86 improvised devices in a controlled operation.
- The mission formed part of a Grupo Interinstitucional effort involving the Army, National Guard, Navy, SSPC, FGR, the state prosecutor’s office, and the Sinaloa state police.
- Officials describe these actions as a strategy to protect rural communities and prevent the use of artisanal explosives by organized crime.
- Context from this year includes a separate federal operation in Nayarit that seized 705 devices attributed to the CJNG, while in Culiacán forces also recovered rifles including a Barrett .50, ammunition, drugs, and a stolen vehicle.