Overview
- The Lázaro Cárdenas operation, which took place on Friday, saw naval units and a canine team find five bultos with 139 bricks weighing roughly 137 kilograms and led to the detention of five Ecuadorian nationals.
- A separate action in Manzanillo on Saturday uncovered 268 packages totaling about 270 kilograms inside a container during discharge and resulted in two men in irregular migratory status being taken into custody.
- In both cases the Secretaría de Marina and partner agencies handed the packages and detainees to the Ministerio Público/FGR for pesaje, periciales and integration of criminal investigation files because the substance remains 'presunta cocaína' until lab confirmation.
- Authorities said the operations were conducted by UNAPROP with customs, the Agencia Nacional de Aduanas, SSPC and the FGR to maintain chain of custody and to show ongoing port inspection and surveillance.
- Officials estimated the Lázaro Cárdenas seizure dealt a near 29.7 million peso hit to criminal groups and prevented thousands of doses from reaching the public, and investigators will now seek the cargo's origin, route and network links.