Nueva Alianza 36 destroys 53 hectares of cannabis in its first two days
Brazil's Federal Police and Paraguay's Senad destroyed 53 hectares of cannabis plantations and six trafficker camps in the first two days of the 36th phase of Operation Nueva Alianza, from 20 March 2023. Officers also burned 660 kilograms of ready cannabis and 15 kilograms of seeds, and no arrests were reported.
🇵🇾 Paraguayan side of the Brazil-Paraguay border, opposite Paraná · Paraguay
Brazil’s Federal Police and Paraguay’s National Anti-Drug Secretariat (Senad)
began the 36th phase of Operation Nueva Alianza (Nova Aliança), a joint
eradication drive against cannabis cultivation in the border region, on Monday
20 March 2023.[1]By 22 March, their second day of work, the teams had
eradicated more than 159 tonnes of cannabis plants, the Federal Police said,
standing on some 53 hectares of plantations.[1]The Federal Police put the
area destroyed in the opening days at 53 hectares, and G1 reported that more
than 50 hectares of cannabis plantations had been destroyed.[2]Six camps that
traffickers used as bases were destroyed in the same days.[1]Officers also
burned 660 kilograms of cannabis ready for distribution and 15 kilograms of
cannabis seeds.[1]
The Federal Police said the cannabis was destroyed in Paraguayan territory, and
that its role was to pay the whole cost of the operation, fly teams by aircraft
to hard-to-reach cultivation sites, and send Brazilian observers to watch the
work.[3]The operation was run with Paraguay’s Public Ministry and the Joint
Task Force (FTC), a Paraguayan body, at its side.[1]G1 reported an estimate
that the losses to criminals already exceeded USD 5 million, based on the price
the cannabis would fetch in Brazil.[2]According to the authorities of both
countries, 80 percent of the cannabis grown in Paraguay is sold to criminal
factions operating in Brazil.[2]
No arrests were reported during these first days of the phase.[1]
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Source: G1Second footage frame from the border eradication operation, published by G1 with the caption only repeating the headline. Photo: Reprodução/RPCPhoto details
Herbal cannabis (660 kg); Living plants (0 plants); Seeds
Activity
Cultivation, Trafficking
Setting
Field, Forest or wild land
Grown
Outdoor
Case stage
Under investigation
Force
No force reported
Route
Paraguay → Brazil
Sources
Polícia Federalgov.brPTForças de segurança do Brasil e Paraguai iniciam 36ª Fase da Operação Nova Aliança
G1g1.globo.comPTMais de 50 hectares de plantação de maconha são destruídos durante operação da PF junto ao Paraguai
Dnoticias.ptdnoticias.ptPTBrasil e Paraguai destroem 53 hectares de culturas de marijuana em dois dias
Open questions the AI reported
The sources give no department or municipality for the 53 hectares; G1 places the action in the border region facing Paraná, while Paraguay's eradication drives of this phase were later reported in Amambay, so coordinates mark the border region rather than the exact fields.
The sources do not say whether the 660 kilograms of ready cannabis were counted separately from, or were part of, the 159 tonnes of plants eradicated.
G1's estimate of losses above USD 5 million is not attributed to a named agency and is much lower than the USD 162.7 million later estimated for the whole phase.
No figure for the number of cannabis plants destroyed is given; area and weight are stated instead.
No arrests, charges or suspects are reported for these first days of the operation.
The dates of the actions are not given in G1's text; the 20 March start comes from the Federal Police statement of 22 March, and 22 March is used here as the latest day covered by those first-two-day figures.
The G1 page images are captioned only with the story headline and credited to Reprodução/RPC, so no caption identifies which field or camp they show.
The Dnoticias.pt and RIC accounts reproduce the same Federal Police statement and are not independent reporting.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in RIC.com.br: Paraguay's Senate's drug agency work later closed the same phase on 2 April with more than 330 hectares of plantations destroyed and more than 130 camps dismantled.
SENAD agents raided a rural property in Colonia Nueva Yaú, Capitán Bado, destroying 9 hectares of marijuana, 450 kg of chopped marijuana and five camps. Prosecutor Sarita Bonzi ordered everything incinerated on site while investigations continue to identify those responsible.
A joint task force destroyed three hectares of marijuana and 9,300 kilograms of the drug in the San Lorenzo community of San Pedro del Paraná, Itapúa, on 31 October 2026. Prosecutors are investigating a criminal organisation they say was buying weapons with trafficking proceeds.
SENAD’s Bella Vista Norte unit, using drones to map plots in the Timburi forest reserve, eradicated four hectares of illegal marijuana and destroyed 660 kg in 33 bales at a staging area; the agency estimated about twelve tonnes kept from the market under prosecutor Rossana Coronel’s supervision.
On 29 October 2026 Paraguay's SENAD reported eradicating four hectares of cannabis — about 12 tonnes — and destroying 1,600 kg of drying marijuana at the Indigenous colony Takua Ju in Yby Pytã, Canindeyú. No one was found at the site.
