False delivery rider held with 6 marijuana packs in Antiguo Cuscatlán
Police in Antiguo Cuscatlán arrested Jhon Anthony Valles García after he crashed while fleeing on a motorcycle disguised as a delivery bike, seizing six packages of suspected marijuana. He remains in custody while investigators weigh the drugs and examine his phone for distribution links.
🇸🇻 Kilometre 8.5, Pan-American Highway, Antiguo Cuscatlán, La Libertad · El Salvador
El Salvador’s National Civil Police detained Jhon Anthony V. on a motorcycle
while he was posing as a delivery-platform rider in Antiguo Cuscatlán.[1]His
full name is Jhon Anthony Valles García.[2]He wore clothing similar to that
used by app-delivery workers and carried a delivery box intended to let him pass
unnoticed while moving illicit substances.[1]He tried to flee when he noticed
the police presence but was intercepted after crashing at kilometre 8.5 of the
Pan-American Highway in Antiguo Cuscatlán, La Libertad.[1]He remains in
custody while judicial steps advance and investigators determine the weight of
the seized packages and any linked distribution network.[1]
Officers seized six packages of suspected marijuana, one mobile phone and the
motorcycle used to carry the load.[1]Security Minister Gustavo Villatoro said
the work of removing from society people who hold, move or sell poison does not
stop.[2]Villatoro warned that people who try to distribute drugs through
covert methods will face prosecution and prison.[1]The seized phone will be
examined by the Anti-Narcotics Division to identify contacts and delivery routes
linked to the case.[1]
Officers were patrolling the busy road in the San Salvador metropolitan area
when they detected the rider’s evasive behaviour.[1]Villatoro presented the
operation as part of the Salvadoran government’s action against microtrafficking
and drug distribution.[1]
Photos and video
Seized six packages of suspected marijuana, the mobile phone and the motorcycle used to pose as a delivery rider. Photo: Policía Nacional Civil via InfobaePhoto details
The article gives no separate date for the arrest; 22 July 2026 is the displayed publication date and is used as the incident date.
No weight for the six packages was published, only the package count, so no kilograms can be recorded.
No charges, custody ruling or court outcome beyond continued custody were reported.
The Infobae headline mentions presumed cocaine while its body and the second outlet describe six packages of presumed marijuana; the report follows the body and official account.
The same Infobae page reports a separate San Juan Opico detention involving methamphetamine and twelve marijuana portions, a different event left out here.
Both accounts repeat the authorities' version citing Security Minister Gustavo Villatoro's social-media posts, which were not opened directly.
El Salvador's Attorney General's Office and National Civil Police arrested a 41-year-old man at his home in the residencial Santa Teresa in Santa Tecla, La Libertad Sur, on 6 November 2026, seizing portions of marijuana and cocaine along with grinders, pipes, a scale and two phones. Police said he would be sent to the courts for illicit drug trafficking; no weights or court outcome were reported.
National Civil Police agents arrested César Danilo López Hernández, 34, inside a higher-education centre in San Salvador on 6 November 2026, saying he carried marijuana and cash hidden in a backpack and tried to flee. Police did not identify the university or give the amount of marijuana or money, and said he will be referred for possession and holding with intent to traffic.
El Salvador's Attorney General's Office and National Civil Police carried out five raids in San Salvador Centro and arrested a man and a woman accused of forcing minors to sell drugs, with a third arrest warrant outstanding. Investigators said the case began in October 2026 when a 15-year-old caught selling drugs told officers adults beat him and made him distribute the substances.
El Salvador's National Civil Police arrested 21-year-old Ederson Stanley Santos Bermúdez in the Mejicanos district of San Salvador Centro on 4 November 2026 and seized several bags of marijuana it said were prepared for sale, plus a mobile phone. He was to be referred for possession and holding of drugs, with no weight or court outcome reported.
