Nueva Alianza 51 clears 208 hectares of cannabis in Amambay
After seven days in Amambay, Operation Nueva Alianza 51 eradicated 208 hectares of marijuana, burned more than 24,000 kg of processed cannabis and dismantled 69 camps, with Brazil’s Polícia Federal supporting Paraguayan SENAD, prosecutors and CODI troops.
Agencia IP and La Nación reported that Paraguay’s National Anti-Drug Secretariat finished the
Amambay leg of Operation Nueva Alianza 51 on 7 July 2025 after a week of raids with Brazil’s
Polícia Federal, military CODI units and prosecutor Rossana Coronel.[1][2]
SENAD said teams eradicated208 hectares of marijuana in forest areas around Cadete Boquerón and
Trabuco, equal to about 624,000 kg of cannabis still in growth, and incinerated more than 24,000 kg
of chopped and pressed marijuana ready for sale.[1][2]They also dismantled 69 clandestine camps used
for processing and shelter.[1][2]
SENAD valued the lost criminal revenue at more than USD 19 million in Paraguay and about USD 97
million at estimated Brazilian retail prices, the main destination for the crop.[1][2]IP noted that
after the Amambay phase the same operation would continue in the Mbaracayú forest reserve in
Canindeyú.[1]
Agencia IP published a photograph from the Amambay incursions.[1]
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SENAD personnel during Nueva Alianza 51 eradication work in Amambay, July 2025.Photo details
Agencia IPip.gov.pyESArchived copyParaguay y Brasil asestan golpe de USD 97 millones con erradicación de 648 toneladas de marihuana
La Naciónlanacion.com.pyESAlianza entre Paraguay y Brasil logra anular 648 toneladas de marihuana
Open questions the AI reported
SENAD’s later summary of the full Nueva Alianza 51 cycle also covered Canindeyú and higher totals; this report covers the Amambay phase reported on 7 July 2025.
Neither outlet counted standing plants separately from the 624-tonne growth-stage estimate tied to the 208 hectares.
No arrests were reported in the 7 July accounts.
Fiscal Rossana Coronel supervised the work but individual camp occupants were not named.
SENAD agents raided a rural property in Colonia Nueva Yaú, Capitán Bado, destroying 9 hectares of marijuana, 450 kg of chopped marijuana and five camps. Prosecutor Sarita Bonzi ordered everything incinerated on site while investigations continue to identify those responsible.
A joint task force destroyed three hectares of marijuana and 9,300 kilograms of the drug in the San Lorenzo community of San Pedro del Paraná, Itapúa, on 31 October 2026. Prosecutors are investigating a criminal organisation they say was buying weapons with trafficking proceeds.
SENAD’s Bella Vista Norte unit, using drones to map plots in the Timburi forest reserve, eradicated four hectares of illegal marijuana and destroyed 660 kg in 33 bales at a staging area; the agency estimated about twelve tonnes kept from the market under prosecutor Rossana Coronel’s supervision.
On 29 October 2026 Paraguay's SENAD reported eradicating four hectares of cannabis — about 12 tonnes — and destroying 1,600 kg of drying marijuana at the Indigenous colony Takua Ju in Yby Pytã, Canindeyú. No one was found at the site.
