Paraguay and Brazil clear 285 hectares in Operation Nueva Alianza 52
After ten days in Amambay, SENAD and Brazil's Federal Police ended Operation Nueva Alianza 52 on 26 September 2025, reporting 285 hectares of cannabis cleared, 13,130 kilogrammes of processed marijuana burned, 83 camps dismantled, and an estimated 868 tonnes kept from the Brazilian market.
On 26 September 2025 Paraguay’s anti-drug secretariat SENAD said Operation Nueva Alianza 52 had
ended after ten days of air and ground raids with Brazil’s Federal Police in Amambay.[1]
Teams working around Cerro 21, Cerro Kuatiá, Itapopó and Ombú cleared 285 hectares of cannabis and
burned 13,130 kilogrammes of marijuana ready for distribution.[1][2]Adding estimated harvest from
the cleared fields, SENAD put 868 tonnes out of circulation, mainly bound for Brazil, and valued the
loss to organised crime at USD 130 million.[1][2]
The operation dismantled 83 trafficking camps; SENAD said the plantations had required deforestation
on a scale it compared to 285 football pitches.[1][2]Anti-drug prosecutor Rosana Coronel directed
the work with SENAD, the Federal Police, the Public Ministry and Paraguayan air force helicopters.[1][2]The accounts opened here name no arrests.[1][2]
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Agents during the ten-day Nueva Alianza 52 incursions in northern Paraguay.Photo details
The 868-tonne total combines estimated yield from cleared fields with processed stock; SENAD's six-day bulletin gave lower partial hectare counts before the campaign ended.
No arrests were reported in the wrap-up accounts opened here.
The USD 130 million figure is SENAD's estimate of traffickers' lost revenue at Brazilian market prices, not a court valuation.
Operations covered several rural locations; the map uses an Amambay department reference point.
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.
