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Mexico Updates Border Operation With Major Meth Seizure as Detentions Reach 8,874

The security cabinet detailed weekend actions that disrupted synthetic-drug supply lines across northern states.

Overview

  • Authorities in San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora, seized 481 kilograms of methamphetamine with an estimated street value of 131 million pesos.
  • Two people were detained in the same city after a security inspection of a tractor‑trailer bound for Tijuana turned up 70 liters of a meth precursor.
  • In Culiacán, Sinaloa, officials disabled two sites for concentrating synthetic‑drug materials, seizing 2,250 liters of substances and a condenser with an estimated 45 million‑peso impact on criminal groups.
  • Security forces also reported 700 kilograms of marijuana seized in Badiraguato and additional weapons, vehicles and equipment secured in Coahuila, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas.
  • Cumulative results now include 109,052.9 kilograms of illicit substances seized, among them 493.92 kilograms of fentanyl, under an operation involving about 10,000 Army and National Guard personnel launched after a MexicoU.S. agreement.