Culiacán meth lab dismantled with 100 kilograms seized
Original reporting: Infobae México
What happened
Federal authorities reported seizing 100 kilograms of methamphetamine and 32 liters of chemicals at a laboratory in Los Brasiles, Culiacán. Separate Army operations targeted seven chemical storage areas.
Reporting and context
Federal forces dismantled a clandestine methamphetamine laboratory in Los Brasiles, in the municipality of Culiacán, Sinaloa, seizing 100 kilograms of the drug and 32 liters of chemicals, according to Infobae México, citing a joint statement from Mexican authorities.
The operation involved the Navy, the Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC) and the Federal Attorney General’s Office (FGR). Naval and SSPC personnel carried out the intervention as part of coordinated searches for drug-production sites.
Equipment and accessories found at the laboratory were disabled at the site to prevent their reuse. Authorities also neutralized the chemicals there. The joint statement estimated the financial loss to organized crime at approximately 8.8 million pesos, covering the methamphetamine, chemical supplies and equipment.
Infobae México reported that the Los Brasiles operation was separate from Army actions against seven chemical storage areas in Culiacán during the same weekend. Those sites were in Corral Viejo, Las Puertas, San Román, El Cedrito and Los Mayos.
The Army operations yielded 5,935 liters and 365 kilograms of materials used to manufacture methamphetamine, valued by authorities at 128 million pesos. The article put the combined estimated value of the two sets of seizures at 136.8 million pesos; the larger chemical quantities came from the separate Army operations, rather than the Los Brasiles laboratory.
The report also placed the discovery alongside earlier federal operations in the northwest. On October 16, authorities dismantled a laboratory in Carricitos, Durango, seizing approximately 1.3 metric tons of methamphetamine, according to the Security Cabinet.
For broader context, the article cited Security Cabinet figures saying more than 2,700 clandestine laboratories and chemical concentration areas had been disabled nationwide during President Claudia Sheinbaum’s administration. That total combines both types of sites.
Original report: Infobae México.