Mexican Navy seizes more than one ton of cocaine off Chiapas and Oaxaca, Digi Mart USA News (Pacific Ocean, off the coasts of Chiapas and Oaxaca, Mexico): Mexico’s Secretariat of the Navy reported Thursday the seizure of more than 1.1 metric tons of cocaine during two operations off the coasts of Chiapas and Oaxaca in the Pacific Ocean. Authorities also detained one person.
The seizures, made during patrol and maritime surveillance missions, located 32 packages weighing approximately 1,149 kilograms, including packaging, of a substance with characteristics similar to cocaine. In the first operation, naval agents seized 16 packages of roughly 629 kilograms of alleged drugs.
In the second, they located another 16 packages weighing approximately 520 kilograms.
The Navy said authorities still need to confirm the definitive weight of the substance. The detained person, whose identity and nationality were not disclosed, was placed at the disposal of the Attorney General’s Office (FGR), along with the seized packages, for the corresponding investigations.
According to official estimates, both seizures represent an economic loss of 272.9 million pesos for criminal organizations. The Navy stated that during the current administration it has seized more than 97 tons of cocaine at sea through permanent maritime, air and land surveillance operations.
On October 12, the Navy reported the seizure of approximately 1.27 tons of alleged cocaine in an operation coordinated with the U.S. Coast Guard, which resulted in six people being detained, five of them foreign nationals.
That operation took place about 677 kilometers south of Huatulco, Oaxaca. Earlier, on July 28, authorities seized another 1,140 kilograms of alleged cocaine off Chiapas, along with a vessel, fuel and location equipment.
