Army and state police burn about 96,000 plants on 2 ha in Huetamo
Michoacán's state public security secretariat and Mexico's defence ministry said Guardia Civil and army patrols found and burned about 96,000 marijuana plants on three plots covering about two hectares at San Jerónimo and Buenavista in Huetamo on 18 October 2026. No arrests were reported.
🇲🇽 Huetamo, Michoacán · Mexico
- Plants destroyed
- 96,000
- Hectares
- 2
Michoacán’s Secretaría de Seguridad Pública and Mexico’s defence ministry said state Guardia Civil
and Mexican army patrols found three marijuana plots at San Jerónimo and Buenavista in the
municipality of Huetamo and destroyed about 96,000 plants there.[1][2][3] The plots covered about
two hectares and held plant material the authorities estimated at more than 7,000 kg.[1][2][3]
The plants were destroyed and burned on site so they could not be used.[1][2][3] The agencies said
the action was part of Plan Michoacán por la Paz y la Justicia.[1][2][3]
None of the accounts opened named arrests or cultivators.[1][2][3]
Sources
- Destruyen cerca de 96 mil plantas de mariguana en Huetamo. La Voz de Michoacán, 18 October 2026. In Spanish. Archived copy.
- Destruyen SSP y Sedena cerca de 96 mil plantas de mariguana en Huetamo. Quadratín Michoacán, 18 October 2026. In Spanish. Archived copy.
- SSP y Defensa destruyen cerca de 96 mil plantas de mariguana en Huetamo. Respuesta Michoacán, 18 October 2026. In Spanish.
Open questions the AI reported
- The announcements give no separate day for the discovery beyond the 18 October publication date.
- No arrests, charges or landowner names were reported.
- The weight is given only as more than 7,000 kg of plant material; the report uses 7,000 kg as the stated floor.
- The pin is the municipal seat of Huetamo; San Jerónimo and Buenavista are not given separate coordinates in the sources opened.
