This weekend, the Government of Mexico secured 2.1 tons of methamphetamine and 8.4 tons of precursors chemicals.
The above, according to the report of the Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC) in which it was detailed that said seizures were in Sinaloa y Sonora.
In the case of Sinaloa, 1.4 tons were secured Defense and the Guardia National inside a vehicle in Culiacán, and in the same municipality:
“Derived from intelligence information, personnel of the Attorney General’s Office (FGR) y Semar “located and neutralized a clandestine laboratory with chemical precursors and accessories for the manufacture of synthetic drugs, where 6,095 kilograms of chemical substances, a reactor and various materials were seized, in the vicinity of the town of Corral Viejo.”
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They strike against methamphetamine
On the other hand, in Álamos, Sonora, personnel from the FGR y Marina:
“They located and neutralized a clandestine laboratory, seized 750 kilos of methamphetamine, 2,335 kilos of chemicals used to manufacture synthetic drugs, four reactors and various materials, in the vicinity of the town of El Taymuco.”
The seizure of 1,400 kilos of methamphetamine is the second largest so far in the president’s administration Claudia Sheinbaum.
The first was in Acámbaro. More than 3 tons were seized there:
“In the Acámbaro municipality, elements of the Army Mexicanthey located and secured a clandestine methamphetamine laboratory, securing 3,625 kilos of finished product, 975 kilos of caustic soda, 350 kilos of tartaric acid, 40 liters of calcium carbonate, 5 reactors and 12 condensers.
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Previously, only in 2022 was an insurance of such dimensions carried out; On January 27, 2022, the Secretariat of the Defense National and the Guardia National They reported that they seized 3,907 kilos of already processed methamphetamine, and 2,408 kilos of the drug in liquid form.
The seizure was made on a property located in the town of Carboneras de Culiacán, Sinaloa.
According to the report at that time, the place operated as a collection site for synthetic drugs attributed to the Sinaloa Cartel.