Navy and army destroy 122,400 plants on eight La Yesca plots
On 20, 21 and 22 October 2026 the Mexican navy and the army destroyed about 122,400 marijuana plants on eight plots covering about 14,880 square metres near La Yesca, Nayarit. The statements report no arrests. A separate five-plot destruction in the same municipality on 23 and 24 October is a different event.
🇲🇽 La Yesca, Nayarit · Mexico
- Plants destroyed
- 122,400
- Hectares
- 1.5
Personnel of the Mexican navy, through the Armada de México, and of the Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional found eight marijuana plots near the municipality of La Yesca, Nayarit, on patrols on 20, 21 and 22 October 2026.[1][2] The plots covered about 14,880 square metres, about 1.5 hectares.[1][2] About 122,400 plants were destroyed where they stood.[1][2]
Both departments said the work was part of joint action against drug production and that the statements did not report arrests.[1][2] D8, citing the Secretaría de Marina, published the same area, plant count and dates on 23 October.[2]
Sources
- Marina y Defensa erradican ocho plantíos de marihuana en La Yesca, Nayarit. NTCD, 23 October 2026. In Spanish.
- Erradican ocho plantíos de marihuana en Nayarit. D8, 23 October 2026. In Spanish.
Open questions the AI reported
- No one was reported arrested, and the statements do not name a village inside La Yesca, so the map marks the municipal seat.
- The photograph is the image D8 and NTCD ran with the joint statement. It does not show a plant count or a dated placard, and the same picture is listed once.
- Navy patrols on 23 and 24 October that destroyed about 56,000 plants on five other plots in La Yesca are a separate event and are not counted here.
