Overview
- Paraguay’s anti-drug agency Senad confirmed seizing 88,991 kg of pressed cannabis from a 19-vehicle convoy in Saltos del Guairá during Operación Umbral.
- A shootout during the dawn intervention left one suspected trafficker dead and another wounded, with five people detained and all 19 vehicles confiscated.
- Documents linked to police investigations chief Osvaldo Andino were found near an escape route, leading commander Carlos Benítez to rotate route precinct personnel and order Internal Affairs inquiries.
- Mexico’s security cabinet detailed new actions including 320 kg of methamphetamine seized in a refrigerated truck in Los Mochis and 294 kg in Opodepe along with 12 kg of fentanyl, with arrests reported.
- Peru’s Algarrobos operation intercepted more than 3,400 kg of cocaine concealed in organic banana exports bound for Belgium, with detentions and a national security plan pledged for January.