Overview

• In an update on actions carried out August 28, authorities reported joint operations across Baja California, Sinaloa, Sonora, Guanajuato and other states with seizures valued at more than 400 million pesos.
• Guardia Nacional and the Mexican Army in Ensenada, Baja California, seized 3,580 kilograms of methamphetamine after locating two vehicles.
• Army personnel in Badiraguato, Sinaloa, confiscated 42 kilograms of fentanyl and 21 kilograms of cocaine, with officials estimating the haul at 349.5 million pesos.
• Coordinated deployments in Sonora dismantled a criminal cell with 18 arrests and the seizure of more than 240 kilograms of drugs, firearms, vehicles and other criminal equipment.
• Security forces also targeted logistics and financing by disabling clandestine fuel taps in Guanajuato and securing 88,000 liters of hydrocarbons during a raid in Cárdenas, Tabasco, while uncovering weapons and improvised explosive devices in multiple Sinaloa locations.