Cartel Member Injured In Territory Of Los Chapitos: They Seize Half A Ton Of Fentanyl, Methamphetamine And A Leopard From Them.

Mica for cartelinsider.com

Agents from the Attorney General’s Office (FGR) dealt a heavy blow to organized crime in Sinaloa and Sonora by seizing over half a ton of fentanyl and methamphetamine in two operations carried out in the municipalities of Culiacán and Hermosillo.

According to a statement from the FGR, the first seizure was recorded in the vicinity of Highway 36 leading to Puerto Libertad in Hermosillo, where law enforcement forces arrested an individual identified as Héctor “L” for transporting drugs in a semi-truck.

Upon reviewing the unit, they discovered 12 packages with 12 kilos and 610 grams of powdered fentanyl, as well as a plastic bag where they found 3,035 opioid pills inside. Both the drug and the driver were handed over to the Federal Public Ministry.

In the second operation, FGR agents complied with a complaint filed by the Secretariat of National Defense (SEDENA) in which they pointed out a property in Culiacan where there was suspicion that it functioned as a warehouse for storing synthetic drugs and chemical precursors.

After a raid on a home located in the Tierra Blanca neighborhood, security forces found 449 kilograms and 413 grams of methamphetamine hydrochloride, seven kilograms of marijuana, one kilogram of cocaine hydrochloride, three firearms, 22 magazines, 994 cartridges of different calibers, and 12 fired shells.

In addition to the seized drug and arsenal, three vehicles, a boat with a trailer, two jet skis, five cell phones, four thousand dollars, and 76,500 pesos were also confiscated.

However, the most surprising finding for the authorities was that of a margay – a feline from the family of Wiedii leopards – which is already under the care of the Federal Attorney for Environmental Protection (Profepa).

The federal government’s fight against drug trafficking had a slight setback this week after Felipe de Jesús Gallo, head of the Criminal Investigation Agency (AIC), declared to American officials that Mexico is the “champion” in fentanyl production.

Although the federal official explained in his presentation the bilateral efforts undertaken to stop the trafficking of the so-called zombie drug, the word he used was not well received by the press and by the FGR itself, which described it as “inappropriate to highlight the long list and magnitude of the fight against synthetic drugs in Mexico.”

“Master Gallo publicly apologized,” stated the FGR in a bulletin that was circulated after the unfortunate statements of the federal official who also pointed out that for the first time, there was “coordination between US agencies” to work and investigate the trafficking of weapons, drugs, and migrants in Mexican territory.

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