Overview
- Federal forces executed five search warrants in Tonalá, Jalisco, detaining nine suspects, including one minor, in an operation targeting a machinery-modification cell.
- Authorities seized about 508 kilograms of presumed crystal meth, roughly 2,854 kilograms of presumed marijuana, 41 cartridges, a vehicle, and three motorcycles during the raids.
- The workshops allegedly engineered hidden compartments inside heavy equipment to ship drugs via maritime routes, with the economic impact of the seizures estimated near 140 million pesos.
- The detainees and evidence were placed under the Federal Public Ministry’s custody, with legal determinations pending; the cell’s operator is identified in reports as Jorge Antonio Huerta García, known as “Yorch.”
- In a separate action in Acapulco, Guerrero, the FGR incinerated more than 1,600 kilograms of cocaine, while in Sinaloa an interagency team disabled five chemical storage areas and an inactive synthetic-drug lab.