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This article was translated and reposted from LUZ NOTICIAS
The laboratory produced profits of up to 5 million pesos per day and was located in Pueblo Nuevo, Costa Rica.
WRITTEN BY: SEBASTIAN MARTINEZ
Elements of the Mexican Army managed to secure a methamphetamine drug laboratory in the town of Pueblo Nuevo, belonging to the Costa Rica syndicate, Culiacan, with the capacity to generate up to 400 kilograms of methamphetamine per day.
The Commander of the Ninth Military Zone, Porfirio Fuentes Velez, explained that, according to the evidence collected in the laboratory, about 25 people were working there, who rotated shifts to produce drugs 24 hours a day.
“Because of the characteristics, we are talking about 400, or more than 400 kilos, and they work, normally they work three shifts, they work three shifts 24 hours a day, their work is permanent, their work is permanent,” he commented.
Porfirio Fuentes Velez pointed out that each kilogram of methamphetamine has an approximate cost of between 10 and 13 thousand pesos, therefore, if they were able to produce 400 kilos per day, they would be generating profits close to 5 million pesos.
The seizure
Elements of the Mexican Army entered the secured narco-laboratory wearing specialized suits for handling chemicals; they later confirmed that the site contained illicit substances placed in drums, as well as 3 reactors for processing the chemicals and motorcycles that were used as means of transportation.
The elements explained that the first stage of methamphetamine manufacture was carried out at the site, in which the chemicals are mixed and introduced into the reactors to obtain a liquid substance that is then processed in places with electrical currents and refrigeration to obtain the final product.
The Commander of the Ninth Military Zone said that so far this year 21 laboratories have been seized throughout the country, 15 of them in the state of Sinaloa.