Overview
- Semar teams located, inactivated and dismantled two clandestine sites near La Galancita, Durango, seizing about 200 kilograms of methamphetamine, 6,950 liters of precursors and 3,960 kilograms of chemical substances along with reactors and other equipment.
- Authorities said all chemicals and hardware at the Durango facilities were neutralized to prevent reuse, and they valued the disruption at approximately 21,404,917 pesos.
- In Sinaloa, joint operations across Cruz de Elota, Escuinapa, Culiacán and El Salado led to 19 detentions and the recovery of a Barrett rifle, machine guns, dozens of long guns, 98 improvised explosive devices and multiple stolen vehicles, and one person was freed from captivity.
- The federal security cabinet reported additional March 2 actions, including the seizure of 72,000 illicit cigarette packs at Mexico City’s airport and the securing in Culiacán of a vehicle carrying 3.9 tonnes of a synthetic‑drug precursor, plus munitions and explosives recovered in Mazatlán.
- State‑level efforts continued elsewhere, with five people arrested in Uruapan, Michoacán for drug and firearms possession, and a separate detention in Apatzingán of a suspect identified by authorities as a regional operator tied to extortion and other violent crimes.