Overview
- Federal agents recovered about 88 kilograms of fentanyl from a tractor-trailer on Federal Highway 15 between Hermosillo and Santa Ana, which authorities reported Monday.
- Investigators detained the driver, identified as Juan “N,” and handed him, two seized phones and vehicle documents over to the Ministerio Público Federal for formal processing.
- The Agencia de Investigación Criminal carried out several months of analysis after an anonymous tip to map routes, schedules and vehicle features that guided the stop.
- During a roadside inspection agents found 88 rectangular packages wrapped in brown tape inside a wooden cage and hidden among agricultural cargo, and preliminary tests confirmed the drug was fentanyl.
- Officials described the seizure as a significant intelligence-led blow to fentanyl traffickers and said the probe remains open, signaling possible further arrests and interceptions along northwest road corridors.