Five held with 8.4 kg of marijuana in La Libertad raids
Prosecutors and the National Civil Police raided several properties in El Salvador's La Libertad department on 26 July 2026 after a citizen alert about drug storage and distribution, detaining three adults and two minors. Authorities seized 8,443.02 grams of marijuana, 6.9 grams of cocaine, four phones and $2,000 in cash, and said the five would be prosecuted for illicit trafficking.
🇸🇻 Department of La Libertad, El Salvador
Arrested
5
Agencies
Fiscalía General de la República (FGR), Policía Nacional Civil (PNC)
Prosecutors from El Salvador’s Fiscalía General de la República and National
Civil Police officers carried out raids on several properties in the department
of La Libertad on Sunday 26 July 2026.[1]The operation followed a citizen
alert that drugs were being stored and distributed in the area.[2]Officers
detained five people in total: three adults and two minors.[2]
The FGR said the detainees would be prosecuted in the coming hours for illicit
trafficking.[1]El Diario de Hoy reported that the detainees were to be
brought before the courts to be formally charged with illicit trafficking.[3]
The FGR asked residents to report illegal activity, and the seized drugs were to
be used as evidence in the case.[3]
Illicit trafficking is the most serious offence under El Salvador’s drug law,
the Ley Reguladora de las Actividades Relativas a las Drogas, and carries 10 to
15 years in prison.[1]
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FGR handout photograph published with the report on the La Libertad raids that left three adults and two minors detained. Photo: FGR via InfobaePhoto details
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Source: InfobaePhotograph captioned as showing the drugs, four mobile phones and $2,000 in cash seized in the raids on several properties. Photo: FGR via InfobaePhoto details
The FGR named no specific district, town or property in La Libertad, so the department centre is mapped at region precision.
No value or count of the marijuana packages themselves was published, and no market valuation of the cannabis was given.
The sources say the detainees would be 'processed' or referred for illicit trafficking; no formal charge, custody hearing or court outcome had been reported.
The two minors' ages and the case treatment in the juvenile system were not published.
Several outlets published essentially the same FGR statement of 26 July 2026, and the three sources used here draw on that single official account.
Diario El Salvador illustrated its report with an image labelled as generated with ChatGPT, so it is not listed as media of the event.
Infobae's article also reports separate events that day: a contraband goods find in Metapán and a destruction of drugs from closed cases, both left out here.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in El Diario de Hoy: The searches turned up 8,443.02 grams of marijuana, 6.9 grams of cocaine, four mobile phones and $2,000 in cash.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in El Diario de Hoy: The marijuana weighed about 8.4 kilograms; the cocaine is recorded separately and is not part of the cannabis figure.
Left out cash, as its quotation was not found in El Diario de Hoy.
Left out kg seized, as its quotation was not found in El Diario de Hoy.
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.
