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Baja California Authorities Burn Nearly 20 Tonnes of Seized Drugs

Coordinated naval–federal operations sought to disrupt trafficking networks under tight forensic oversight.

Overview

  • Two burns in Ensenada and Tijuana destroyed roughly 12 tonnes of marijuana and 7,654 kilograms of assorted drugs, respectively.
  • At the 28th Infantry Battalion in Tijuana, FGR delegate Teófila González Lozada oversaw the destruction of methamphetamine, marijuana, cocaine, opium and morphine totaling 7,654 kilograms.
  • Gusts pushed flames into brush during the Tijuana burn, and Army troops with city firefighters contained the spread with no injuries reported.
  • In Ensenada, the Navy coordinated with the federal prosecutor’s office as internal-control officials and forensic experts verified compliance and confirmed the drugs’ chemical identity.
  • Officials said the public incinerations remove contraband from circulation and aim to weaken production and distribution networks in a state long used for trafficking routes.