Two men stopped on México–Querétaro highway with 81 kg of marijuana
On 13 October 2026 State of Mexico police and the National Guard stopped a speeding vehicle on the México–Querétaro autopista in Cuautitlán Izcalli and seized about 81 kg of marijuana from the trunk and rear seat. Two men aged 28 and 59 were arrested and handed to federal prosecutors in Tlalnepantla.
🇲🇽 Ampliación La Quebrada, Cuautitlán Izcalli, State of Mexico
- Arrested
- 2
- Cannabis
- 81 kg
While on patrol on 13 October 2026, officers of the State of Mexico’s Grupo de Intervención
Policial and the National Guard received a report of a vehicle speeding in Tlalnepantla.[1]
They tracked it to the México–Querétaro autopista at Ampliación La Quebrada in Cuautitlán
Izcalli, where they stopped the car for a preventive inspection.[1][2]
In the trunk and on the rear seat they found plastic bags holding about 81 kilograms of green and
dry plant material consistent with marijuana.[1][2] The officers arrested Luis “N”, 28, and
Eduardo “N”, 59, after informing them that possessing suspected illicit drugs is a crime.[1][2]
According to preliminary inquiries cited by state authorities, the pair had travelled from Zapopan,
Jalisco, toward San Andrés Totoltepec in Mexico City’s Tlalpan borough and expected a cash payment
for moving the load, which investigators said might belong to a Jalisco-origin criminal group.[1][2]
Quadratin adds that officials are looking at a possible link to the Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación.[2]
The suspects, the drugs and the seized vehicle were presented to federal prosecutors in
Tlalnepantla to open an investigation.[1][2]
Sources
- Interceptan en la México-Querétaro cargamento de marihuana procedente de Jalisco. El Monitor del Estado de México, 13 October 2026. In Spanish.
- Caen en Izcalli con 81 kilos de marihuana; indagan nexo con el CJNG. Quadratin Edomex, 13 October 2026. In Spanish.
Open questions the AI reported
- Early reports name the detainees only as Luis “N” and Eduardo “N”; full identities were withheld.
- Preliminary inquiries linked the load to a Jalisco-based criminal group and the CJNG, but no membership was confirmed in the official statements opened.
- NX Noticias grouped this stop with two other operations the same week totalling ten arrests; this report covers only the highway seizure of 81 kg and two men.
- No charges, bail decision or sentence was reported.
