Nueva Alianza 56 clears 158 hectares of cannabis in Amambay
Operation Nueva Alianza 56, a ten-day Paraguay–Brazil drive in Amambay that ended on 7 August 2026, eradicated 158 hectares of cannabis, destroyed 24,485 kg of processed marijuana and dismantled 71 clandestine camps. SENAD put the total volume kept from traffickers at 498 tonnes, with an estimated USD 73 million economic loss.
La Nación and Infobae reported that Operation Nueva Alianza 56 finished on 7 August 2026 after
ten days of raids in forest areas of Amambay department, on Paraguay’s border with Brazil.[1][2]
Paraguay’s National Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD) said the joint work with Brazil’s Polícia
Federal, Paraguayan prosecutors, CODI troops and the air force eradicated158 hectares of
cannabis, destroyed 24,485 kilograms of ready marijuana and dismantled 71 clandestine camps.[1][2]SENAD estimated that 474 tonnes of potential production plus the processed drugs added
up to 498 tonnes kept from criminal markets, costing traffickers more than USD 73 million on
their pricing.[1][2]
Infobae noted the sweeps focused on woodland near Pedro Juan Caballero and Capitán Bado.[2]Neither report named any arrests.[1][2]
La Nación published a photograph from the operation.[1]
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Cannabis camps dismantled during Nueva Alianza 56 in Amambay, August 2026.Photo details
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.
