Senad destroys seven hectares and 21 tonnes of marijuana in Bella Vista Norte
Senad agents from Bella Vista Norte raided a rural area in Amambay department, burning seven hectares of mature marijuana, seven production camps and about 1,700 kg of plants drying on the site. The agency put the total destroyed at more than 21 tonnes; no one was detained.
Special agents of Paraguay’s National Anti-Drug Secretariat (Senad) from its
Bella Vista Norte regional office entered a rural area of Amambay department to
destroy marijuana plantations.[1]The operation was led in the field by
anti-drug prosecutor Celso Morales.[1]Agents destroyed seven hectares of
marijuana in its final stage of growth and seven camps used to produce and
process the drug.[1]
The teams also found marijuana drying on the site, about 1,700 kg of it.[1]Senad said more than 21 tonnes of marijuana were destroyed in the operation.[1]
The raid followed geolocation of the area and planning of the teams that entered
the site.[1]
Morales said intelligence indicated about 40 people were working the plantation,
and the operation made no detentions.[2]Because of the size of the
plantations and the difficult access, Morales asked the Joint Task Force (FTC)
for support to protect those taking part.[2]Morales said a large group that
had worked elsewhere in Amambay appeared to have moved into Bella Vista Norte,
leaving forest reserves destroyed.[2]
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Marijuana plantations found by Senad in the rural area of Bella Vista Norte, Amambay, with a camp visible at the edge of the plot.Photo details
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Source: ABC ColorAgents set the marijuana plants alight on prosecutor's orders during the eradication in Bella Vista Norte.Photo details
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Source: ABC ColorA volleyball court the growers had built beside the narco camps found in the Bella Vista Norte raid.Photo details
Neither account names the estancia or forest reserve where the raid took place; the place is given only as a rural area of Bella Vista Norte, Amambay.
ABC Color does not state the calendar day; NPY says the work ran over two days and both were published on 16 October 2024, so 15 October 2024 is used as the incident date.
ABC Color's 21-tonne total is an agency figure that combines the seven hectares with the 1,700 kg of drying marijuana, and it does not explain the per-hectare estimation.
NPY's headline says more than 20 hectares while its text gives no hectare count; this report uses ABC Color's seven hectares.
No plant count, value estimate or arrests were reported; authorities said about 40 people had been working at the plantation and fled.
The text gives a number of plants ("1,700 kg of plants") but the figures have no plants_destroyed; check whether it belongs there.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Noticias Paraguay (NPY): The work ran over two days in a forest reserve on an estancia, and the agents found a camp that included a volleyball court.
Left out setting, as its quotation was not found in Noticias Paraguay (NPY).
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.
