Navy reports 1.6-ton suspected cocaine seizure off Michoacán
Original reporting: Tribuna Sonora
What happened
The Navy recovered 54 packages of suspected cocaine off Michoacán, according to Tribuna Sonora’s report on Security Cabinet information.
Reporting and context
Mexico’s Navy recovered more than 1.6 metric tons of suspected cocaine from the Pacific Ocean off Michoacán, according to a report by Tribuna Sonora citing the Security Cabinet and the Navy. The report said naval personnel spotted 54 marked packages floating at sea during a surveillance flight.
The Navy deployed units to recover the packages and transferred them to the Sixteenth Naval Zone in Lázaro Cárdenas, the outlet reported. The material was to be placed at the disposal of the Attorney General’s Office, or FGR, for the corresponding investigation and for an official determination of its weight and composition.
The Security Cabinet estimated the seizure represented a loss of about 340.2 million pesos for criminal organizations and kept roughly 3.2 million doses from reaching the market. Those estimates and the identification of the substance as cocaine remain official claims reported by the outlet. Tribuna Sonora said the operation followed another Navy seizure off Guerrero on August 15.