“Char” for Borderland Beat
This article was translated and reposted from Secretary of the Navy
Secretaría de Marina : October 06, 2023 : Press Release
Six clandestine laboratories dismantled in Sinaloa.
Mexico City, October 6, 2023.- The Secretary of the Navy, through the Mexican Navy, informs that in recent days, Naval personnel in coordination with the Attorney General’s Office (FGR), located and neutralized six clandestine laboratories for the production of synthetic drugs, in four actions, in different towns of the State of Sinaloa.
In the first event, two laboratories were located and dismantled in the towns of “Las Habas and Los Mimbres”, in the municipality of Cósala, with approximately 7,200 (seven thousand two hundred) kilograms of methamphetamine, 1,600 (one thousand six hundred) liters of essential chemicals, 725 (seven hundred twenty-five) kilograms of chemical precursors, eight reactors of different capacities, as well as diverse material for the production of this synthetic drug.
COSALÁ, SINALOA
In a second action, two laboratories in the towns of “Las Trancas and El Capule”, in the municipality of Cosala were destroyed and dismantled, with approximately 8,750 (eight thousand seven hundred and fifty) kilograms of methamphetamine, 11,650 (eleven thousand six hundred and fifty) liters of essential chemicals, 26,320 (twenty-six thousand three hundred and twenty) kilograms of chemical precursors, 18 reactors, 20 distillers, as well as diverse material for the elaboration of this drug.
In a third event, a laboratory was located and neutralized in the town of “Ibonía” in the municipality of Cósala, with approximately 2,200 (two thousand two hundred) kilograms of methamphetamine, six reactors, three distillers, as well as diverse material for the elaboration of synthetic drugs.
Finally, in a fourth action, a laboratory was located and dismantled in the town of “Agua Caliente de los Yuriar” in the municipality of San Ignacio, with approximately 2,500 (two thousand five hundred) kilograms of methamphetamine, 10,790 (ten thousand seven hundred and ninety) liters of essential chemicals, 3,350 (three thousand three hundred and fifty) kilograms of chemical precursors, seven reactors, nine distillers, as well as diverse material for the elaboration of synthetic drugs.
So far this year, a total of 143 clandestine laboratories have been located, dismantled and destroyed, as well as more than 276 tons of methamphetamines and more than 457 tons of chemical precursors, resulting in a loss of millions of dollars to organized crime.
With these actions, the Secretary of the Navy, through the Mexican Navy, contributes to the joint efforts to combat criminal behavior, both in the establishment of clandestine laboratories and in the production of synthetic drugs in our country, thus weakening the production and distribution of drugs by criminal groups.
. -Army of Mexico, in the Sea, in the Air, on Land-