Overview
- Semar personnel from the Tenth Naval Zone located and manually destroyed 32 poppy plantations in the Sierra de San Rafael, municipality of Del Nayar.
- The operation ran January 8–10 and eliminated roughly 3,330,500 plants across about 111,400 square meters in difficult-to-access terrain.
- Authorities estimate the destroyed crops weighed approximately 726,950 kilograms, removing a substantial volume of heroin precursor from circulation.
- The action is part of a sustained federal campaign focused on reducing drug availability by targeting illicit crops before processing and distribution.
- Officials note Nayarit’s Del Nayar region as a key illicit cultivation zone, citing 2025 crackdowns that included mass eradications, a seized narcolab, large meth and precursor hauls, and major weapons recoveries.