Operation Nueva Alianza 54: 95 hectares and 291 tonnes cleared in Canindeyú
After ten days ending 20 April 2026, Paraguay's SENAD and Brazil's Federal Police completed Operation Nueva Alianza 54 in Canindeyú, mainly in the Morombí, Pindó y 7 Montes reserve, eradicating 95 hectares of cannabis, burning 6,300 kg of processed marijuana, dismantling seven camps and estimating 291 tonnes kept from circulation.
From roughly 10 to 20 April 2026, Paraguay’s National Anti-Drug Secretariat and Brazil’s Federal
Police concluded Operation Nueva Alianza 54 in Canindeyú, with Paraguayan air force helicopters,
prosecutors and shared border responsibility.[1][2]
SENAD said teams eradicated95 hectares of cannabis in growth and harvest stages, dismantled seven
narco camps used for production and storage, and incinerated 6,300 kilograms of marijuana ready for
distribution inside those sites.[1][2]
Combining cleared fields and destroyed processed stock, the agencies estimated about 291 tonnes of
cannabis kept from the illicit market, which they valued at roughly USD 43.5 million in losses to
traffickers at Brazilian destination prices.[1][2]Work focused on the Morombí, Pindó y 7 Montes
natural reserve.[1][2]
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File photograph of a Nueva Alianza operation published with the phase 54 announcement.Photo details
The 291-tonne total combines eradicated fields and processed stock using SENAD's technical estimate; mid-operation bulletins gave lower partial totals.
The USD 43.5 million figure is the agencies' estimate of traffickers' loss at Brazilian market prices, not a court valuation.
No arrests were reported in the closing accounts opened here.
Operations covered protected forest; the map uses a Canindeyú department reference.
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.
