メキシコ当局は、コリマ州の秘密の研究所と倉庫から約1400万回分のフェンタニルを押収した。この作戦で6人が逮捕された。この押収は、カルテルをめぐる米墨間の緊張が高まる中、麻薬密売対策の一環となっている。
木曜日、メキシコの治安省は、暴力が横行する西部コリマ州のビジャ・デ・アルバレス市で実施された捜索中に、粉末と錠剤の形で発見されたフェンタニルに似た物質約270キログラムの押収を発表した。当局はこの量を約1400万回分に相当すると推定しているが、2024年の以前の作戦で1トンの薬物を回収した記録を超えるものではない。
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The US Department of Justice charged Sinaloa Governor Rubén Rocha Moya and nine other officials on April 29 with conspiring with Los Chapitos of the Sinaloa Cartel to traffic narcotics into the US in exchange for bribes. Charges include narcotrafficking, weapons possession, and kidnapping resulting in death. Mexican authorities are reviewing extradition requests lacking attached evidence.
Mexico City's Secretariat of Citizen Security conducted six raids on homes across several boroughs, detaining six people and seizing various drug doses. The operation, prompted by citizen complaints, involved multiple federal and local agencies. The properties were sealed under police custody.
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Puebla's state prosecutor's office reported that a girl hospitalized for food poisoning in Huauchinango tested positive for fentanyl due to medications given at the hospital. President Claudia Sheinbaum ordered an investigation into whether the substance was in the tamales eaten by the children. Authorities are analyzing food samples while one girl remains under observation.
Mexican authorities detained 14 suspected criminals linked to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel in Veracruz and freed a kidnapped person. The operation stemmed from a January 9 complaint and involved searches in several municipalities. Weapons, drugs, and vehicles were seized in the coordinated effort.
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Cabinet Chief Manuel Adorni accompanied National Security Minister Alejandra Monteoliva in a drug destruction operation at Grupo S.A. plant in El Talar. Over 800 kg of cocaine, marijuana, and synthetic drugs were incinerated, along with more than 1,800 kg of chemical precursors. The destroyed material is estimated to be worth over 4 billion pesos on the illegal market.
Ecuador has begun a two-week military offensive against drug traffickers, backed by the United States, with Interior Minister John Reimberg declaring the country 'at war' and imposing curfews in coastal provinces. The operation deploys 35,000 soldiers, armored vehicles, and helicopters.
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Colombia's National Police captured two Colombian citizens at Palmira's Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport in Valle del Cauca, seizing over 2.6 kilograms of cocaine hydrochloride headed to Italy and Chile. The operations are part of routine checks to combat drug trafficking at air terminals.