Puerto Vallarta (PVDN) – The Mexican Navy recently seized 8.64 tons of methamphetamine in the port of Manzanillo, Colima, as part of a series of operations in recent weeks. Admiral Rafael Ojeda Durán, head of the agency, reported on these actions during a press conference on Tuesday morning.
Ojeda Durán emphasized the deployment of security forces under his command had made several recent seizures, including the interception of methamphetamine hidden in tequila bottles, bound for Australia. After testing and analysis in the Pharmacology and Toxicology Laboratories of the National Customs Agency of Mexico (ANAM) and the Mexican Navy (Semar), the samples tested positive for methamphetamine.
At the Mexico City International Airport, a shipment containing ketamine hydrochloride concealed in dried seafood was confiscated. Additionally, vehicles and drugs were seized in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco.
In the town of La Vanilla, Sinaloa, the Mexican Navy secured 1,054 kilograms of methamphetamine in a building used as a storage warehouse. In Zapopan, Rodrigo Omar Páez Quintero, alias El R, the leader of the Caborca Cartel and nephew of Rafael Caro Quintero, was apprehended.
Regarding the dismantling of clandestine laboratories, the Mexican Navy has destroyed a total of 72 in 2023, seizing 110 tons of methamphetamine and 215 tons of chemicals and precursors.
In various states, security forces achieved 39 arrests, and confiscated 38 weapons, 28 chargers, 50.8 kilograms of marijuana, and six vehicles.
Luis Crescencio Sandoval, head of the National Defense Secretariat (Sedena), reported that since President Andrés Manuel López Obrador took office, the Armed Forces have seized 7,274 kilograms of fentanyl.
From April 18 to May 1, 2023, the Army confiscated 5.17 kilograms of fentanyl, 282 firearms, 28,168 cartridges, 6,430 kilograms of methamphetamine, 3,540 kilograms of cocaine, 2,491 kilograms of marijuana, and 2.5 kilograms of heroin. The Army also recovered 18.2 million pesos from organized crime.
Undersecretary for Security Luis Rodríguez Bucio presented the “Zero Impunity” report, which included four extraditions – three from Mexico to the United States and one from Argentina to Mexico.
Between April 18 and May 1, 17,372 people were arrested for various crimes, including 32 for committing femicides and 16 who have already been sentenced. Furthermore, 54 people were arrested for kidnapping, four gangs were dismantled, and 16 victims were rescued.
Notable arrests include Christian Von Roehrich, who was detained while attempting to enter the United States. Von Roehrich, a former head of the Benito Juárez delegation in Mexico City, is allegedly linked to the so-called Real Estate Cartel, which illegally granted permits for residential and commercial construction. Additionally, José Luis “N,” alias El Wacha, accused of committing at least 10 homicides during a funeral in June 2020 in Tlalnepantla, State of Mexico, was arrested. He is associated with the group called Los Discos. Enrique “N,” an alleged member of Gente Nueva and the suspected murderer of Sierra Tarahumara activist Cruz Soto Caraveo, was apprehended in the state of Chihuahua.
Puerto Vallarta (PVDN) - The Mexican Navy recently seized 8.64 tons of methamphetamine in the port of Manzanillo, Colima, as part of a series of . . .
