58,650 cannabis plants and 320 kg destroyed in La Yesca
Joint Mexican forces eradicated about 58,650 cannabis plants on two plots in La Yesca municipality on 23 September 2026. They also destroyed about 320 kilograms of cannabis at a nearby drying site.
Mexican forces located and eradicated two cannabis fields in La Yesca municipality, Nayarit, on 23 September 2026.[1][2]The operation also disabled a nearby drying site.[1][2]
The fields covered about 9,750 square metres, or 0.975 hectares, and contained approximately 58,650 plants.[1][2]Authorities destroyed the crops through manual labour and incineration; they also destroyed about 320 kilograms of cannabis found at the drying site.[1][2]
The Navy worked with the Army, National Guard and Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection during surveillance patrols and ground reconnaissance.[1][2]The government published its account on 29 September, six days after the operation, and NTV reported the same figures that day.[1][2]
Neither source reports whether anyone was arrested or gives the fields’ locations beyond the municipality.[1][2]
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Mexican security personnel stand in a cannabis field behind an agency banner.Photo details
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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.
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