FGR searches a house in Mérida's colonia Canto and finds marijuana
Federal prosecutors, backed by the National Guard, army, navy and state police, searched a property in colonia Canto, in southern Mérida, Yucatán, before dawn on 5 November 2026 and found marijuana among other drugs. No arrests were reported at the site that afternoon, and the marijuana amounts were never published.
Federal prosecutors from the Fiscalía General de la República, Mexico’s attorney
general’s office, executed a judge-issued search warrant at a property in
colonia Canto, in southern Mérida, Yucatán, on the morning of 5 November 2026.[1]The operation began shortly before 5 a.m. on the Thursday.[1]
The National Guard, the army, the navy (Semar) and state public security
officers (SSP) took part, sealing off the area with a security perimeter while
ministerial staff went into the building.[1]With the help of K-9 dog teams,
the agents searched the house and found various quantities of drugs, among them
marijuana, cristal and cocaine.[1]
By 2 p.m. that day authorities reported no one detained at the site.[1]
The search in colonia Canto followed one the day before in Xoclán Canto, also in
Mérida, where security forces detained a woman and seized two vehicles.[1]
A video post by local outlet Yucatán Ahora placed the searched property at calle
111 between calles 40 and 42 and described the deployment as linked to
narcomenudeo investigations, with nearby streets closed.[2]
Photos and video
Federal and state forces during the anti-drug search in colonia Canto, Mérida; the page gives no photo credit.Photo details
State prosecutors and federal and state officers searched a property in San Jerónimo Tianguismanalco, in the municipality of San Martín Texmelucan, Puebla, and detained four people on suspicion of drug dealing. Officers seized 47 small bags of a granular substance similar to crystal and a gram scale.
State prosecutors, soldiers, National Guard troops and Puebla state police searched a property in San Luis Coyotzingo, in the municipality of Huejotzingo, on a warrant and seized 19 doses with characteristics of marijuana, 63 bags of crystal and a gram scale. The building was sealed and left with the authorities, and no arrests were reported.
Michoacán's state attorney general's office raided three properties in Los Reyes simultaneously, in the Monte Verde housing development and the Villa Oriente neighbourhood, and said it seized about 1.7 kilograms of marijuana along with weapons and tactical gear. The properties were identified as operating sites of a group attributed to Fausto Alejandro "N", known as "El Bolillo".
Federal officers raiding a suspected crypto-mining site called La Gallera in Tlaola, Puebla, on 5 November detained one man who had a bag of presumed marijuana. The raid seized mining and electrical equipment and is being investigated as possible electricity theft, with no weight or charge reported for the marijuana.
