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Mexican Navy Seizes Over 2 Tons of Suspected Cocaine Off Oaxaca

Officials cast the haul as further proof of tougher high-seas patrols since October 2024.

Overview

  • - The Navy’s Coast Guard unit recovered floating cargo Sunday about 103 nautical miles from Salina Cruz in the Gulf of Tehuantepec.
  • - Sailors gathered 78 black-wrapped bales holding 2,155 packages of white powder with an official weight of about 2.154 tonnes.
  • - The bales were tied together with rope, which kept them from drifting apart and made collection faster for the patrol boats.
  • - Prosecutors took custody of the shipment and opened an investigation, and no arrests were reported as tests will confirm the substance.
  • - Security officials estimate a 4.3 million peso hit to traffickers and cite roughly 65 tonnes seized at sea since President Claudia Sheinbaum took office.