Overview

• Authorities executed seven simultaneous searches in Mapastepec targeting suspected criminal cells along the coast.
• Security forces carried out maritime blockades at the El Castaño mouth with land maneuvers and real-time aerial monitoring to support extractions.
• Seizures included four properties, three vehicles, a small IMEMSA boat with seven fuel canisters, two magazines, 59 cartridges, 36 doses of presumed drugs, cash, and illegal wildlife such as buffalo.
• The operation brought together Semar, the Army, National Guard, the Pakal rapid-reaction unit, the Criminal Investigation Agency, the State Guard, and the state prosecutor’s office.
• Detainees had their rights read, and the arrested individuals, rescued migrants, and confiscated items were placed at the disposal of the corresponding Public Ministry.