Guatemalan held with marijuana and cocaine valued at $10,788
El Salvador's National Civil Police detained Guatemalan Douglas Martínez Jiménez on 31 March 2026 after K9 agent Mimi found marijuana and cocaine hidden in his vehicle. Officials valued the drugs together at $10,788 and said he faces illicit-trafficking proceedings that could bring decades in prison.
The arrest was made during reinforced controls at the country’s border points.[1]Officers found several large portions of marijuana and cocaine inside his
vehicle.[2]
The find was credited to the K9 agent Mimi, who detected the concealed drugs.[3]Security Minister Gustavo Villatoro said the coordinated work of the
anti-narcotics units and the dog teams had been key to strengthening controls at
the borders.[1]Villatoro put the value of the seized marijuana and cocaine
together at 10,788 dollars, without separating the marijuana from the cocaine.[1]The minister did not say where in the country the seizure occurred.[4]
The detainee faces proceedings for illicit drug trafficking in El Salvador.[2]That offence can carry a sentence of several decades of imprisonment in El
Salvador.[3]A later account of the K9 unit’s caseload listed this 31 March
capture among its interventions.[5]Authorities presented the operation as
part of the Plan Control Territorial strategy to combat drug trafficking and
prevent illegal substances entering the country.[1]
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Photograph of the operation in which Guatemalan Douglas Martínez Jiménez was detained with marijuana and cocaine. Photo: Gustavo Villatoro via Diario El SalvadorPhoto details
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No separate weight, portion count or laboratory result for the marijuana was published, so no cannabis kilograms can be recorded.
The 10,788-dollar figure covers marijuana and cocaine together, so it is not counted as a cannabis value or seizure weight.
The minister did not say where the seizure occurred; other accounts place it only at border controls, so country-centre coordinates are used.
The accounts give no separate date for the detention beyond 31 March 2026, when the minister announced it.
No charge filing, custody ruling or court outcome was published; the decades in prison are the possible penalty, not an imposed sentence.
La Hora's collage image cannot be confirmed to show this seizure, so it is not listed; only the minister's operation photographs republished by Diario El Salvador and Hoy are listed.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Diario El Mundo: El Salvador's National Civil Police detained Guatemalan national Douglas Martínez Jiménez in flagrante on the morning of Tuesday 31 March 2026.
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.
