Chihuahua police destroy three cannabis fields in Guerrero
On 21 October 2026 state police in Chihuahua found three cannabis fields covering 6.05 hectares in the municipality of Guerrero, about 242,000 plants they estimated at 242 tonnes, plus two drying lines. The fields were destroyed. No arrests were reported.
🇲🇽 Guerrero municipality, Chihuahua · Mexico
- Plants destroyed
- 242,000
- Hectares
- 6.1
- Cannabis
- 242,000 kg
On 21 October 2026, officers of the Chihuahua state public-security
secretariat, patrolling tracks in hard-to-reach country with drones, found a
cannabis field in the municipality of Guerrero.[1][2] They then found two
more fields and two drying areas.[1][2]
The state police estimated that the three fields together covered 6.05
hectares and held about 242,000 plants, which they put at about 242 tonnes.[1][2] On the two drying lines, plants hung on 16 wire frames: more than
14,100 plants, estimated at 14.1 tonnes.[1][2] El Diario de Chihuahua says
the fields were destroyed where they were found.[1] Net Noticias says the
operation ended with the destruction of the three fields and the two drying
areas, and names Luis Aguirre as the head of the secretariat.[2]
After the first field, the officers widened the search looking for whoever was responsible.[1] The reports name no one arrested.[1][2]
Sources
- Localiza y destruye SSPE 3 plantíos de marihuana en municipio de Guerrero. El Diario de Chihuahua, 22 October 2026. In Spanish.
- Destruyen tres plantíos de marihuana en Guerrero. Net Noticias, 22 October 2026. In Spanish.
Open questions the AI reported
- The 242 tonnes and 242,000 plants are the state police estimate. No independent count was published.
- El Diario says the three fields were destroyed. Net Noticias says the operation also destroyed the two drying areas. This report follows El Diario on what was explicitly destroyed.
- More than 14,100 drying plants, estimated at 14.1 tonnes, are not included in the figures above.
- No arrests were reported. The pin is the town of Guerrero. The fields were on tracks in hard-to-reach country, not at a named village.