Two held with marijuana worth $2,347 in Chalchuapa
Police arrested 39-year-old Alberto Fernando Escalante Salazar and his 59-year-old partner Ana Elizabeth Rodriguez Ardon in colonia Tazumal, Chalchuapa, seizing several marijuana packages valued at 2,347.45 dollars and four portions. Both face illicit trafficking charges, with officers also seizing a vehicle, phones and canine-supported evidence.
🇸🇻 colonia Tazumal, Chalchuapa, Santa Ana Oeste · El Salvador
National Civil Police officers captured a man and a woman who were found
transporting several marijuana packages in Chalchuapa district, Santa Ana Oeste,
on Tuesday night and Wednesday.[1]Alberto Fernando Escalante Salazar was
detained in Chalchuapa transporting several marijuana packages valued at
2,347.45 dollars.[2]Officers surprised the 39-year-old driving a vehicle
carrying the packages in colonia Tazumal.[1]Police identified the second
detainee as 59-year-old Ana Elizabeth Rodriguez Ardon, Escalante Salazar’s
partner, who was arrested in Chalchuapa with four marijuana portions and a
mobile phone.[1]
Officers also seized the vehicle and a mobile phone from Escalante Salazar.[1]The institution published photographs showing the marijuana packages on one of
the vehicle’s seats.[1]Police said the second procedure in colonia Tazumal
was supported by the Canine Unit.[1]
Both detainees will be accused of illicit drug trafficking.[1]The National
Civil Police, known as the PNC, is El Salvador’s national police force, and
Chalchuapa is a district in the municipality of Santa Ana Oeste.[1]
Photos and video
Police photo of Ana Elizabeth Rodriguez Ardon and Alberto Fernando Escalante Salazar detained in Chalchuapa. Photo: PNC via Diario El MundoPhoto details
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No weight for the several packages or the four portions was published, only the package and portion counts and a 2,347.45-dollar valuation, so no kilograms can be recorded.
The reports give the arrests as Tuesday night and Wednesday without calendar dates; 4 February 2026 is used as the incident date from the Wednesday arrest and the 4 February publication.
No court outcome beyond the stated future accusation for illicit drug trafficking was reported.
The Infobae roundup also reports cocaine seizures, mixed-drug arrests in other municipalities and 2025-2026 national totals, which are different events and context left out here and excluded from cannabis figures.
Both accounts repeat the National Civil Police version; no statement from the detainees was published.
Infobae's general anti-drug images were not shown to depict the Chalchuapa seizure, so only the Diario El Mundo detention photo is listed.
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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.
