Overview
- The state prosecutor’s office, working with SEMAR and the SIE, executed nine search warrants in Huetamo and detained eight suspects for alleged drug and firearms crimes.
- Authorities seized about 200 kilograms of marijuana at one site and roughly 1.4 tons at another, along with eight rifles, a handgun, 28 magazines, 280 rounds, tactical gear and vehicles including an Audi carrying marijuana.
- Three detainees were found with archaeological pieces and exotic birds classified as endangered, indicating additional illicit activity beyond narcotics.
- In Morelia’s Villas del Pedregal, a court-ordered search recovered 562.5 doses of methamphetamine and 158 of marijuana, and a 33-year-old identified as Óscar Jhovany “N” was detained.
- Separate Morelia cases advanced to vinculación a proceso for Francisco Jesús “N” and Neftalí “N”, with judges ordering preventive detention and setting one- and two-month periods for complementary investigation.