Police eradicate 98,967 cannabis plants in mountainous Ixcoch, Petén
On 27 March 2026 Guatemalan anti-narcotics police destroyed 98,967 marijuana plants in mountainous areas near caserío Ixcoch, Las Cruces, Petén, after intelligence work; the Interior Ministry valued the crop at about 49.5 million quetzales. No arrests were reported.
On Friday 27 March 2026, SGAIA agents of Guatemala’s national civil police eradicated 98,967
marijuana plants in mountainous terrain at caserío Ixcoch, Las Cruces municipality, Petén,
after investigation and surveillance in the area.[1][2]
The Interior Ministry valued the destroyed plants at more than 49,483,500 quetzales (about
6.34 million US dollars at the figure cited).[1]La Red 106.1, summarising the same
operation, said the plants were in two fields near Ixcoch.[2]
Mingob said the eradication followed security protocols and gave no count of arrests or named
suspects.[1]
Photos and video
Personnel among cannabis plants during the March Petén eradication.Photo details
Mingob describes two adjoining fields in some secondary coverage but its own release gives one total without separate site counts.
No hectares or square metres were published; the operation is dated 27 March though some outlets summarised it the same day without a separate field date.
Coordinates use Las Cruces town; the caserío and mountain plots are not geocoded separately from the March 4 Ixcoch operation.
Guatemala's anti-narcotics police eradicated and burned 8,820 mature cannabis plants near Ixcoch and Ixmucané in Las Cruces, Petén, on 25 October 2026. The agency valued the plants at Q4,410,000.
Guatemala's anti-narcotics police eradicated and burned 6,915 marijuana plants ready for harvest in the mountains of Momostenango, Totonicapán, on 23 October 2026. The National Civil Police valued the crop at 3,457,500 quetzales. No arrests were reported. The ministry named the site aldea Pamaría; other accounts of the same count call it Paraje Racaná.
Anti-narcotics police destroyed 19,420 cannabis plants near Momostenango, Totonicapán, and 15,143 in Ixmucané, Las Cruces, Petén, the Interior Ministry reported after weekend operations. Prosecutors supported the searches and eradication work. The operations applied the existing cultivation prohibition, which carries five to twenty years in prison plus a fine for unauthorised growing.
Guatemala's National Civil Police and Defense Ministry eradicated 7,920 cannabis plants on a 660-square-metre plot at Cooperativa Ixmucané, Las Cruces, on 3 October 2026. The police valued the crop at Q3,960,000.
