Army burns 4-hectare marijuana plantation near Badiraguato
Soldiers of the 42nd Infantry Battalion found a marijuana plantation of about 4 hectares near the village of Arriba, Badiraguato, Sinaloa, on 25 November 2009 and destroyed it by hand and fire. The Defence Ministry reported no arrests; its stated density of 15 plants per square metre works out to some 600,000 plants.
🇲🇽 Near the village of Arriba, Badiraguato, Sinaloa · Mexico
Soldiers of the 42nd Infantry Battalion found a marijuana plantation of 40,000
square metres, about 4 hectares, near the village of Arriba in the municipality
of Badiraguato, Sinaloa, on 25 November 2009.[1]The troops were carrying out
ground reconnaissance near the village when they came on the plantation.[1]
The plants were about 1.2 metres tall and grew at a stated density of 15 plants
per square metre, which the Defence Ministry’s own figures put at some 600,000
plants over the 40,000 square metres.[1]Soldiers destroyed the plantation by
manual work and burned it where it was found.[1]No one was arrested in the
operation.[1]
The Secretariat of National Defence said the find was made under the Permanent
Campaign Against Drug Trafficking and the enforcement of the Federal Firearms
and Explosives Act.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
No total number of plants is given; the 600,000 figure is the ministry's stated density of 15 plants per square metre applied to its stated 40,000 square metres, not a published count.
The growing method is described only as a plantation of 40,000 square metres with plants 1.2 metres tall; the statement does not say whether this was open-field or hidden cultivation.
The statement names the village of Arriba but gives no exact location, so the map marks the Badiraguato municipal seat rather than the site.
No suspect, owner or cultivator was identified and no investigation or prosecution was reported.
No separate reporting of this 2009 operation was found; the release is the only account consulted.
The page image is captioned only as a representative Sedena image and does not confirm that it shows this plantation.
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