Navy seizes 24 bundles of suspected cocaine off Guerrero
Original reporting: Infobae México
What happened
Six detainees, a small boat and 24 bundles were turned over to federal prosecutors; the reported one metric ton quantity and substance identification remained preliminary.
Reporting and context
Mexico’s Navy detained six people and seized 24 bundles containing approximately one metric ton of suspected cocaine from a small boat off Guerrero, according to Infobae México. Naval personnel operating as the Coast Guard intercepted the vessel in the Pacific Ocean.
The substance was initially described as material with characteristics similar to cocaine. Its definitive identification and the shipment’s official weight remained subject to analysis by the competent authorities, the report said.
Infobae México reported that the six detainees were read their rights and turned over to the federal Attorney General’s Office, along with the suspected drugs and the seized boat. The Navy did not disclose their identities or nationalities, the precise interception point, the vessel’s route or the shipment’s possible destination.
The Navy said the seizure brought the current federal administration’s cumulative maritime cocaine seizures to more than 98 metric tons. That administration-wide total is separate from the preliminary quantity attributed to this boat.
In earlier operations reported on November 5, naval personnel seized more than one metric ton of cocaine off Chiapas and Oaxaca and detained one person. Those results came from two separate maritime operations.
Original reporting: Infobae México.