Man held with 20 portions of marijuana in Ciudad Arce
Soldiers detained Alexis Wilfredo Linares Anaya in Ciudad Arce, La Libertad Centro, and seized 20 portions of marijuana and an amount of cash from him. Defence Minister René Francis Merino Monroy announced the detention, and Linares Anaya was handed to the National Civil Police to answer before the courts.
🇸🇻 Ciudad Arce, La Libertad Centro, El Salvador
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Agencies
Fuerza Armada de El Salvador, Policía Nacional Civil
Soldiers of the Armed Forces of El Salvador located and detained Alexis Wilfredo
Linares Anaya in the Ciudad Arce district of La Libertad Centro.[1]The
detention was announced by Defence Minister René Francis Merino Monroy, who said
soldiers seized 20 portions of marijuana and an amount of cash from him.[1]Linares Anaya was handed over to the National Civil Police so that he would
answer before the courts.[1]
Merino Monroy said drug dealing in small amounts would not be tolerated, using
the word narcomenudeo, and that drugs have no place in communities.[1]
A Diario El Salvador account confirms that soldiers found Linares Anaya in
Ciudad Arce and seized 20 portions of marijuana and cash, and that he was handed
to the National Civil Police.[2]
That account adds that he was to answer before the courts for the facts
attributed to him.[2]
Photos and video
Photo published with the report, credited only as courtesy, of the detention carried out by the Armed Forces of El Salvador in Ciudad Arce. Photo: cortesíaPhoto details
No weight was published for the 20 marijuana portions and no amount was given for the cash, so neither a cannabis weight nor a cash figure is recorded.
The reports do not state the exact day of the detention; 19 September 2026 is their publication date and is used as the incident date.
No specific charge was stated beyond the general reference to answering before the courts, and no court outcome was reported.
Only the defence minister's statement was reported; the outlets repeat the same announcement from his X account.
Neither account names the exact spot in Ciudad Arce where the man was found, so coordinates are for the district centre.
El Salvador's Attorney General's Office and National Civil Police arrested a 41-year-old man at his home in the residencial Santa Teresa in Santa Tecla, La Libertad Sur, on 6 November 2026, seizing portions of marijuana and cocaine along with grinders, pipes, a scale and two phones. Police said he would be sent to the courts for illicit drug trafficking; no weights or court outcome were reported.
National Civil Police agents arrested César Danilo López Hernández, 34, inside a higher-education centre in San Salvador on 6 November 2026, saying he carried marijuana and cash hidden in a backpack and tried to flee. Police did not identify the university or give the amount of marijuana or money, and said he will be referred for possession and holding with intent to traffic.
El Salvador's Attorney General's Office and National Civil Police carried out five raids in San Salvador Centro and arrested a man and a woman accused of forcing minors to sell drugs, with a third arrest warrant outstanding. Investigators said the case began in October 2026 when a 15-year-old caught selling drugs told officers adults beat him and made him distribute the substances.
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.
