Overview

• Authorities located eight chemical storage zones in Cosalá, Elota, Mocorito and Culiacán, destroying 2,535 liters and 120 kilograms of precursors linked to synthetic‑drug manufacturing.
• Security forces in Choix inactivated a clandestine runway used for trafficking logistics.
• In Culiacán, a warrant-backed search in Stanza Córcega yielded marijuana, methamphetamine, 80 rounds of 7.62×39, a loaded magazine and two improvised explosive devices, while a separate action captured a suspect wanted for homicide in Sonora.
• Additional actions recovered a stolen Audi near Ciudad Universitaria and in Navolato secured 10 improvised explosives, 10 AK‑47 magazines, 58 rounds and a tactical vest.
• In a later Navy‑led sweep, forces seized 12 long guns, 26,346 cartridges, 81 magazines, four improvised explosives and six vehicles — one with improvised armor — across Cosalá, Culiacán, Concordia and Escuinapa, detaining two suspects.