Overview

• Chiapas initiated Operation Pakal by deploying 1,500 security personnel along the Guatemala border to intercept cross-border crime.
• Tapachula municipal police detained two alleged street-level dealers after uncovering 13 crystal-like packets during a preventive operation.
• A highway operation between Huixtla and Motozintla seized over one million pesos in suspected cartel funds and led to multiple vehicle impoundments.
• State and federal authorities captured Luis Alberto “N,” a priority target in a cocaine trafficking network spanning Guatemala and the United States.
• Coordinated raids by the federal Security Cabinet in Mexico City and the State of Mexico confiscated significant quantities of drugs, weapons and electronic devices and resulted in dozens of arrests.