El Salvador's PNC and Armed Forces detained two 25-year-old men in Nejapa, San Salvador Oeste, seizing nine large marijuana packages, additional cannabis portions, methamphetamine and two phones. Both men face illicit drug trafficking charges and referral to the courts, with no weight, value or court outcome reported.
🇸🇻 colonias El Cambio y Las Américas, Nejapa, San Salvador Oeste · El Salvador
El Salvador’s National Civil Police and Armed Forces detained two men travelling
by motorcycle in Nejapa, San Salvador Oeste.[1][2]The detainees were identified
as Jonathan Alexander Pasquier de León, 25, and Bryan Balmore Ascencio Juárez,
25.[1]Officers intercepted them in the colonias El Cambio and Las Américas,
where police described them as recognized drug distributors.[1][2]Police said
the evidence and their records supported an illicit drug trafficking charge.[1]Both men will be sent to the courts formally accused of that offence.[1][2]
Officers seized nine large packages of marijuana, a bag containing
methamphetamine and mobile phones said to be linked to the activity.[1]A
search of the motorcycle also found various marijuana portions, a bag with
methamphetamine and two mobile phones.[1][2]The police report gave no weight or
market value for the seized drugs.[1]
The police presented the action as part of operations to curb the sale and
distribution of illegal substances in the San Salvador metropolitan area.[1]Under El Salvador’s drug law, those found guilty of this type of offence face 10
to 15 years in prison.[1]
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Source: InfobaePolice photo linked to the arrest in colonias El Cambio and Las Américas, where the accused were described as drug distributors. Photo: Policía Nacional Civil de El Salvador via InfobaePhoto details
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Arrested
2
Agency type
Police, Court
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis
Activity
Trafficking
Setting
Prison
Case stage
Sentenced
Sentence
Prison
Sources
Infobaeinfobae.comESAutoridades decomisan nueve paquetes grandes de marihuana y metanfetamina en la capital salvadoreña
Infobaeinfobae.comESEl Salvador: Capturan a motociclistas señalados por venta de drogas en Nejapa
Open questions the AI reported
No weight or package weight was published, so no cannabis kilograms can be recorded, and the methamphetamine is excluded from cannabis figures.
The article gives no separate date for the operation, so 12 August 2026, its publication date, is used as the incident date.
No court outcome beyond referral for alleged illicit drug trafficking has been reported.
Only one accessible source for this event was found after searching in Spanish; the separate official PNC statement was not opened.
Coordinates are for the centre of Nejapa, not a mapped point inside colonias El Cambio and Las Américas.
A close-up handcuffs photo on the page is generic and is not established to show this arrest, so it is not listed as media.
Infobae identifies the detainees only as Jonathan P. and Bryan A., so their full names in the report continue to rely on its earlier source.
This account gives no weight, quantity or street value for the marijuana, so no cannabis kilograms can be recorded and the methamphetamine remains excluded from cannabis figures.
No custody ruling, formal charge decision or other court outcome beyond referral for alleged illicit drug trafficking is reported in this account.
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