Overview

• Weekend operations across nine states disrupted meth production networks with seizures valued at over 191 million pesos in precursor chemicals, weapons, ammunition and lab reactors.
• Since February, Operation Frontera Norte has produced 6,428 arrests along with the confiscation of more than 5,000 firearms, nearly 860,000 rounds of ammunition and almost 60,000 kilograms of drugs.
• Federal and state authorities delivered 110 new patrol vehicles to Sinaloa and signed a Sedena-Sinaloa agreement to recruit and train 150 state police officers over the next six months.
• Coordinated actions in Culiacán, Cosalá and Emiliano Zapata led to detentions and the seizure of reactors, condensers and crystal meth consignments destined for distribution.
• Officials report a 20 percent reduction in homicides from June to July and a 35 percent decline between July 17 and August 17 in Sinaloa, crediting the sustained interagency campaign for the drop.