“Naval force staff held onto 8,361 kilograms of illegal freight, which addresses the biggest measure of medications held onto in an oceanic activity, exceptional ever,” said a proclamation from the Service of the Naval force. It stated that the drugs were worth 2.099 billion pesos (approximately $105 million) but did not specify the type.
The bust, which took place off the western coast of Mexico and was southwest of the port of Lazaro Cardenas, resulted in the detention of 23 individuals. The ministry added that the drugs were distributed in six small boats, one of which was a submersible, implying a “complex” action on the part of the sailors.
The biggest medication seizure in Mexico’s set of experiences was 23 tons of Colombian cocaine in November 2007. Numerous cartels have fought for control of the trade in Mexico, which has been the hub of drug trafficking to the United States for decades.
Conflicts between criminal gangs, including the powerful Jalisco Nueva Generacion cartel, one of Mexico’s most powerful and violent criminal groups, take place off the coast of the state of Michoacan, where the seizure took place.
The ministry stated that surface units supported by a helicopter carried out the most recent raid that was reported on Friday.
On the raided vessels, approximately 8,700 liters of fuel—another illegal trade controlled by drug cartels—were also discovered.
On August 23, specialists detailed they had appropriated around seven tons of medications in two separate tasks in a similar region of the country.
The Mexican navy, which is always doing surveillance, has found all kinds of drug shipments, including one in 2016 that contained cocaine in 217 barrels of chili sauce.
Disputes between various narco groups have arisen as a result of Mexico’s decades-long role as a route for drug trafficking to the United States. The country’s most memorable lady president Claudia Sheinbaum, who got down to business on October 1, faces a significant test to handle the medication cartels and related violations.
She has stated that she will adhere to her predecessor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s “hugs not bullets” approach of utilizing social policy to address the root causes of crime.
Since the government deployed the army to combat drug trafficking in 2006, tens of thousands of people have gone missing and over 450,000 people have been killed across Mexico.
