Culiacán, Sinaloa. – Mexico took 2.5 tons methamphetamine Y 100,000 fentanyl pills in Sinaloa State, the bastion of a powerful drug cartel, the Secretary of the Navy and Attorney General’s Office reported this Saturday.
The agents “seized 956 containers with two tons, 535 kilograms, 89 grams of methamphetamine hydrochloride, 100,000 20 pills fentanyl, 1,247” that were transported in a boat, the prosecution’s statement shows. Two men were also arrested during the operation, he added.
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The confiscation It was carried out when elements of the armed navy conducting a surveillance patrol in the coastal strip bordering the bay of San Ignacio, Ahome Municipality, Sinaloa (northwest) discovered “a boat with two men, not navigating with lights”.
On boarding the boat they discovered methamphetamine hydrochloride, away known as “crystal”, and fentanyl pills, plus cash and geolocation equipment.
Boat with medicine delivery / Photo: Courtesy
That region is the stronghold of the Sinaloa Cartel, led by Joaquín “Chapo” Guzmán, sentenced to life imprisonment in the United States.
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After Chapo’s extradition to the United States in 2017, the Sinaloa Cartel came under the control of his sons and Ismael.MayZambada, according to authorities.
Methamphetamine and fentanyl, highly addictive substances, are a source of safety and health problems in both Mexico and the United States, but are also traded to other parts of the world.
Photo: Courtesy
Last November, Hong Kong authorities seized more than half a ton of methamphetamine in a container leaving Mexico.
read more: Half a ton of methamphetamine seized in Hong Kong from Mexico
That country’s government explained that the pandemic is forcing traffickers to ship larger shipments of drugs because it is impossible to travel to the “mules” that carry smaller quantities.
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Mexico has committed 300,000 murders, the majority of which are attributed to organized crime, since the government militarized its anti-drugs strategy in 2006.
While in the United States, the number of overdose deaths in the past ten years was more than half a million, according to legislative analysis of that country.
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