Sinaloa operations yield 48 drones and explosives

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Federal authorities reported three operations in the municipalities of Rosario and Concordia, Sinaloa, that resulted in the seizure of improvised explosive devices, tactical equipment, a homemade-armored vehicle and 48 drones. According to Noroeste Seguridad, a joint statement from Mexico’s Security Cabinet said the operations produced no arrests and did not identify the precise locations of the seizures.

In the first operation, along the El Rosario–Agua Verde highway in Rosario, Mexican Army personnel seized 48 drones, 64 drone batteries, 44 rolls of fiber-optic cable, 200 rounds of ammunition, drone accessories, 20 ballistic plates, six tactical vests and 16 tactical uniforms. Noroeste Seguridad reported that a second operation in the town of Cacalotán, also in Rosario, resulted in the seizure of 25 improvised explosive devices and a vehicle with homemade armor.

In Concordia, Mexican Army personnel and the Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection seized six landmines, four additional improvised explosive devices, four ballistic vests and tactical equipment. The authorities placed all of the seized material at the disposal of the appropriate investigative authorities. The source did not report whether the devices had been placed along a road or on other land, and it did not provide further details about the circumstances of the seizures.