Michoacán’s state attorney general’s office (Fiscalía General del Estado, FGE) carried out three raids on properties in the municipality of Los Reyes, seizing assets from a criminal group.[1] The raids were carried out simultaneously in the Monte Verde housing development and the Villa Oriente neighbourhood of Los Reyes.[1]

Officers seized about 1.7 kilograms of marijuana at the properties.[2] The properties were identified as operating sites of a group attributed to Fausto Alejandro “N”, known as “El Bolillo”.[2] The operation was led by the state prosecutor’s office with the Guardia Civil’s specialised investigation undersecretariat, the federal security ministry, the National Guard and the army (Defensa).[2] Officers also seized 45 doses of methamphetamine and marijuana, 15 THC vapes, a filling machine, bill counters, gram scales, seven mobile phones, nine SIM cards and two birds.[2]

The seizures also included a .308-calibre rifle, 20 magazines, 227 rounds reserved for the armed forces, 14 tactical vests, a drone and a Can-Am vehicle.[1] Quadratín Michoacán added that the 227 cartridges were of a type reserved for the armed forces and that officers also found 20 magazines at the properties.[2]

The seized properties and evidence were handed to the public prosecutor’s office to continue expert examinations and the investigation into the cell.[1] Michoacán’s attorney general said the operations formed part of efforts to dismantle extortion and drug-dealing networks in the region.[2]