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This article was translated and reposted from EXCELSIOR
ARTICLE WRITTEN BY: DANIEL SANCHEZ DORAME
An operation by the Mexican Army and the National Guard managed to locate a huge drug lab used by criminal groups to produce methamphetamines in the municipality of Quiriego in the mountains of Sonora.
The discovery was made by Air Force pilots on Tuesday night, during an aerial reconnaissance overflight in the southern mountainous area of the state.
Once located, the ground troops were guided and the intervention of experts from the Attorney General’s Office was requested.
The area was guarded by dozens of soldiers and due to the secrecy with which the matter has been handled, it is not known if there were any detainees, but in the place there were tools, machinery and chemical precursors for the elaboration of millions of doses of methamphetamine in its most commercial form which is crystal methamphetamine.
The Sonora branch of the Attorney General’s Office confirmed the discovery and informed that experts are currently working to quantify the magnitude of the seizure.
It was reported that in addition to the drug lab, a considerable amount of synthetic drugs were also seized.
As of Wednesday afternoon, military and FGR personnel were still gathering evidence to proceed with the restriction of the facilities, located 85 kilometers southeast of Ciudad Obregon.
This would be the third of the drug laboratories that have been located in Quiriego in recent months.