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Spain and Mexico Intensify Drug-Trafficking Crackdowns With Major Seizures and Arrests

Authorities cite multi-agency tactics backed by forensic and judicial follow-up.

Overview

  • Mexico’s Security Cabinet reported 7,968 detentions, 6,194 firearms seized and 101,728 kilos of drugs including 483.32 kilos of fentanyl since February under Operación Frontera Norte.
  • In San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora, a coordinated search recovered 29 long guns, nine vehicles—five reported stolen—and 19 kg of fentanyl pills, with ballistics and chemical analyses underway.
  • The Guardia Civil dismantled a cocaine network based in Tarragona and Sevilla, seizing 510 kg of cocaine and detaining six suspects, five of whom remain in prison.
  • Four recent macro-operations in Spain’s Córdoba province led to 24 detainees and 18 home searches, and seven suspects from the Baena action were released on charges with monthly court check-ins.
  • Recent Mexican actions across Guanajuato, Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Estado de México and other states yielded arrests, weapons, vehicles and drugs, including camp dismantlements and explosives seizures in Sinaloa.