Mexicali authorities seize 120 kilograms of fentanyl

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Mexican federal authorities seized 120 kilograms of fentanyl tablets during a search of a property in Mexicali that officials linked to Los Rusos, a faction of the Sinaloa Cartel, Punto Norte reported. The seizure, announced August 20 by Security and Citizen Protection Secretary Omar García Harfuch, was described as equivalent to more than 4 million doses. The operation had continued since the night of August 18 at a home in the Hacienda del Bosque subdivision, near Hacienda Carpizo and Sorrento streets.

García Harfuch said on X that the operation followed an exchange of information with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and intelligence and investigative work by Mexican authorities in Mexicali, Baja California. The report said personnel from the Attorney General’s Office, the Defense Secretariat, the Navy Secretariat, the SSPC and state authorities carried out the search. Punto Norte’s account identified the property as being linked to Los Rusos; that affiliation is presented as the source’s description of the authorities’ case, not as an independent finding in the report.

Authorities also seized a handgun, a magazine, a motorcycle and a vehicle, according to the report. García Harfuch said international cooperation and intelligence work helped convert information into results against the organization’s logistics structures. The report did not identify suspects or announce charges in connection with the seizure.