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Navy Detains 54 in Colima as 'Pez Vela 2025' Operations Intensify

Officials describe the joint 'Pez Vela 2025' push as a sustained effort to curb violence through patrols, arrests and prosecutions.

Overview

  • Marines detained 54 people described as suspected offenders during coordinated actions in Manzanillo, Tecomán, Villa de Álvarez and Colima.
  • Authorities report the seizure of two handguns, two improvised firearms, 18 knives, a magazine and 17 rounds, 268 suspected methamphetamine doses and marijuana packages.
  • Assets taken into custody include five properties, a unipolar antenna, two computers, nine cellphones, two radios, a pickup truck listed as stolen and eight motorcycles.
  • The Navy led the operations with participation from the federal attorney general’s office, Colima’s state public security ministry and Manzanillo’s municipal police.
  • Detainees and seized items were turned over to the Public Ministry as investigations proceed, with Semar citing a recent reinforcement of up to 1,000 marines and 612 currently on patrol.