SEMAR Confiscated More Than a Ton of Cocaine Off Coast of Jalisco Infobae
go to original April 15, 2022

Mexico seized over a ton of cocaine in early April after a high-speed chase off Puerto Vallarta in the Pacific Ocean. (ABC News)

The Secretariat of the Navy (Semar) secured 1,220 kilograms of suspected cocaine after an operation deployed on the coast of Jalisco last week.

The agency detailed, through a press release, that the cargo was confiscated after an aircraft detected a vessel with suspicious activity 82 nautical miles south of Puerto Vallarta.

Thus, the Secretariat deployed an operation that led to the stranding of the ship on the beach, as well as the apprehension of a subject who had 1,222 containers of white powder with characteristics similar to cocaine in possession.

According to information from the Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena), cocaine is the main drug trafficked in Mexico; most of it comes from central and southern America.

Luis Cresencio Sandoval, head of the agency, said that from 2018 to 2022 73,834 kilograms of narcotics were secured, with a value of just over 19,503 million pesos. He added that the period with the most insurances was between 2019 and 2020 with 19,931 and 27,712 kilograms respectively.

It should be noted that by mid-February 2022, Mexican authorities had already seized more than 26 tons of drugs that are manufactured or are passing through the country destined for the main cartel market in the United States.

According to figures from the federal government, 1,901 kilograms of narcotics had already been secured in the first 20 days of the year. Between then and February 20, 24,584 more kilos of methamphetamine, marijuana, cocaine, heroin and fentanyl were accumulated.

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