Police and army burn 252,888 cannabis plants near Ixmucané
On 27 May 2026 Guatemala's anti-narcotics police, with the army and prosecutors, eradicated 252,888 mature cannabis plants in five clandestine fields in the mountains around Ixmucané, Las Cruces, Petén, valued at about 126.4 million quetzales.
On 27 May 2026 the Subdirección General de Análisis de Información Antinarcótica (SGAIA) of
Guatemala’s National Civil Police, working with army troops and public prosecutors, eradicated
cannabis plantations in mountain areas around the hamlet of Ixmucané, in Las Cruces, Petén.[1][2]
The Interior Ministry said 252,888 plants in the harvesting stage were destroyed, valued at about
126,444,000 quetzales (about 16.2 million US dollars at the ministry’s conversion).[1]La Hora,
citing the same anti-narcotics report, said the plants were spread across five clandestine fields.[2]No arrests are named.[1][2]
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