Overview
- The site was located through an intelligence operation involving the state security force, the Navy, the Army and the federal prosecutor’s office.
- Official accounts differ on the precise location, citing San Matías in the Sierra de San Pedro Mártir or the Valle de la Trinidad area of Ensenada.
- Capacity estimates conflict, with initial statements pointing to seven reactors and roughly 500 kilograms per week and later briefings indicating 50–100 kilograms weekly.
- Investigators seized chemicals and precursors and collected evidence, and signs on site suggested a workforce of about 12 to 15 people.
- The state placed the action within a sustained campaign, noting more than 41,000 kilograms of meth seized and 113 marijuana plantations destroyed in 2025.