Overview

• Guardia Civil and Portuguese police shut down a Rías Baixas–centered network after a yearlong probe, arresting 19 suspects and seizing at least 2.3 tonnes of cocaine moved through Portuguese ports.
• Two containerized loads in Portugal — 600 kg in June and 1,500 kg in August — were hidden within bovine hides, with Europol, DEA and other partners observing the Olimpia operation’s final wave of raids this week.
• Mexico’s Semar, FGR and SSPC reported arrests of company directors and public officials tied to illicit fuel trafficking traced to a March seizure of 10 million liters in the Tampico–Altamira area.
• The National Detention Registry reflects the apprehension of Viceadmiral Manuel Roberto Farías Laguna on Tuesday in connection with the ‘huachicol’ probe, with detainees transferred to federal prisons pending court proceedings.
• Gendarmería Nacional in Argentina intercepted 417.715 kg of cocaine packed in seven truck tyres at Senda Hachada, detained seven people and linked the case to a May find of 425.975 kg in an abandoned tyre shop, underscoring a recurring tyre‑refill method.