110,600 marijuana plants destroyed in Guadalupe y Calvo
A joint force of state investigators, state police, soldiers and the National Guard destroyed five marijuana plantings holding 110,600 plants near Dolores, in Guadalupe y Calvo. Officers documented the 1.59 hectares of plots with photos and coordinates, burned the plants and turned the evidence over to federal prosecutors.
🇲🇽 Dolores, Guadalupe y Calvo, Chihuahua · Mexico
Plants destroyed
110,600
Area
1.6 ha
Sites
5
Agencies
Agencia Estatal de Investigación, Secretaría de Seguridad Pública del Estado +2
State investigators taking part in the Joint Operation deployed in Guadalupe y
Calvo located and destroyed five marijuana plantings.[1]The intervention took
place on Tuesday 17 October in coordination with state public-security officers,
the Mexican Army and the National Guard during patrols in the community of
Dolores.[1]Norte Digital reported that the Joint Operation acted in Guadalupe
y Calvo after locating the five plantings.[2]Its account gives the same
Tuesday 17 October date and the same coordination with state police, the Army
and the National Guard on patrols in Dolores.[2]Milenio likewise reported
five marijuana plantings with around 110,000 plants destroyed in Guadalupe y
Calvo, in the south of Chihuahua state.[3]
Officers found five plots measuring 1,600, 600, 1,700, 5,000 and 7,000 square
metres holding a total of 110,600 marijuana plants of different sizes.[1]Together the five plots covered 15,900 square metres, or 1.59 hectares.[1]Norte Digital published the same plot sizes and the same total of 110,600 plants
of different sizes.[2]
After taking photographs and recording coordinates to document the find,
officers destroyed the plantings and incinerated the drug under security
protocols.[1]The find was reported to the federal Public Prosecutor’s Office,
which received graphic and geolocation evidence for the investigations.[1]
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Marijuana planting destroyed near Dolores, Guadalupe y Calvo. Photo: Fiscalía General del Estado de ChihuahuaPhoto details
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On 12 November 2026, federal and state authorities incinerated more than twelve tonnes of seized drugs at a Sedena military site in Tijuana, Baja California. The destruction, led by the FGR and FEMDO, included about a tonne of active cannabis, plus cocaine, methamphetamine, controlled medicines and other substances. No arrests were reported.
Jalisco state police found a marijuana plot near the El Salvador delegation in Tequila and destroyed about 83,200 cannabis plants by uprooting and burning them. The FGR opened a health-crimes investigation and kept the case open, reporting no detentions.
On 25 October 2026 Jalisco state police, with Defence and National Guard support, found two marijuana plots and a drying shed at San Martín de las Cañas in Tequila, destroyed about 98,000 plants on 22,880 square metres, and valued the crop at 102.9 million pesos.
Mexican navy personnel found and destroyed about 56,000 suspected marijuana plants on five plots covering more than 6,000 square metres in La Yesca, Nayarit, during patrols on 23 and 24 October. The navy did not report any arrests.
