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Mexico Seizes 900 Kilograms of Cocaine Off Guerrero in Navy Patrol

Officials framed the offshore haul as part of a stepped-up naval interdiction drive that has pushed sea‑borne cocaine seizures past 46 tonnes under the current administration.

Droga decomisada en costas de Guerrero.

Overview

  • Security Secretary Omar García Harfuch announced the seizure on X, citing SEMAR’s maritime surveillance operations.
  • Navy vessels and aircraft located 30 floating sacks southwest of Acapulco and recovered packages wrapped in black plastic containing cocaine.
  • SEMAR estimated the shipment represented about 1,800,360,000 potential doses with an economic blow to criminal groups of 210,979,687,500 pesos.
  • The cocaine was turned over to the federal prosecutor’s office to open an investigation.
  • The action was carried out by the Mexican Navy in coordination with the Defense Ministry, National Guard, FGR and the federal security ministry.