Four Cuban citizens were bound over for trial in Cancún, Quintana Roo, accused of distributing marijuana through Facebook after the state prosecutor presented evidence to a control judge.[1] The accused, identified as Edilberto N, Nicolás N, Pablo N and Hans N, were detained at Boulevard Puerto Cancún during an operation arising from investigations by the Fiscalía Especializada en Combate al Delito de Narcomenudeo.[1] A judge ordered justified preventive detention for the four during the criminal proceedings because of the seriousness of the accusations.[1]

Edilberto N and Nicolás N face charges for supplying cannabis sativa L., while Pablo N and Hans N were processed for possession of the same substance for supply purposes.[1] Investigators said the four used Facebook to coordinate the sale and distribution of the drug, contacting clients and arranging deliveries through private messages to hinder detection.[1] The prosecutor said there are lines of investigation into the possible participation of the accused in robberies and extortion through so-called cobro de piso, principally in Cancún’s Zona Hotelera.[1]

A report by Informado Caribe asserted the detainees belonged to a mostly Cuban criminal organisation operating in Cancún for several months and claimed more than 17 people linked to it had been arrested in recent weeks, which the state prosecutor has not officially confirmed.[1] Under the presumption of innocence, the four remain innocent unless a final sentence establishes criminal responsibility.[1]