Five arrested moving marijuana from Guatemala to El Salvador
Five people were arrested in San Francisco Menéndez, Ahuachapán, accused of moving marijuana, cocaine and cristal from Guatemala to El Salvador by boat and vehicle. Police carried out at least nine searches and say the detainees will face illicit association and drug-trafficking charges.
🇸🇻 San Francisco Menéndez district, Ahuachapán · El Salvador
At least five people were arrested in an early-morning joint operation by the
National Civil Police and the Attorney General’s Office for moving different
types of drugs by boat and vehicle from Guatemala to El Salvador.[1]Those
detained are accused of bringing marijuana, cocaine and cristal into the country
by vehicle through San Francisco Menéndez in Ahuachapán and other areas of
Sonsonate.[1]
The detainees were identified as Miguel Ángel Soriano Olla, Verónica del Carmen
Ramos García, Damián Rafael Menjivar Ramírez, Marlon Osmaro Olivo Purquir and
Juan Carlos Urquilla Cortéz.[1]Authorities carried out at least nine searches
and seized multiple items of evidence of involvement in the offences.[1]
The Attorney General’s Office said the detainees will be brought before the
courts for illicit association, illicit drug trafficking and illegal possession
and holding of drugs.[1]
Photos and video
Operation that left at least five captured. Photo: FGR.Photo details
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
5
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis
Activity
Trafficking
Setting
Vehicle
Case stage
Under investigation
Route
Guatemala → El Salvador
Sources
Diario El Mundodiario.elmundo.svESArrestan a cinco personas señaladas de trasladar droga desde Guatemala hacia El Salvador en lanchas y vehículos
Open questions the AI reported
No weight or quantity for the marijuana, cocaine or cristal in the five-person operation was published, so no kilograms can be recorded.
The article gives no separate date for the raid beyond early Friday; 13 March 2026 is its publication date and is used as the incident date.
No court outcome beyond the announced referral for illicit association and drug offences was reported.
Only one accessible source for this five-person operation was opened after searching in Spanish.
The same page reports a separate Soyapango arrest of Nilson Manuel López Morales with marijuana jars, cocaine, crack and cash, a different event left out here.
The same page recalls a separate 16-person cocaine network in eastern El Salvador and an October 2025 transaction with two detainees, different events left out here.
El Salvador's Attorney General's Office and National Civil Police arrested a 41-year-old man at his home in the residencial Santa Teresa in Santa Tecla, La Libertad Sur, on 6 November 2026, seizing portions of marijuana and cocaine along with grinders, pipes, a scale and two phones. Police said he would be sent to the courts for illicit drug trafficking; no weights or court outcome were reported.
National Civil Police agents arrested César Danilo López Hernández, 34, inside a higher-education centre in San Salvador on 6 November 2026, saying he carried marijuana and cash hidden in a backpack and tried to flee. Police did not identify the university or give the amount of marijuana or money, and said he will be referred for possession and holding with intent to traffic.
El Salvador's Attorney General's Office and National Civil Police carried out five raids in San Salvador Centro and arrested a man and a woman accused of forcing minors to sell drugs, with a third arrest warrant outstanding. Investigators said the case began in October 2026 when a 15-year-old caught selling drugs told officers adults beat him and made him distribute the substances.
El Salvador's National Civil Police arrested 21-year-old Ederson Stanley Santos Bermúdez in the Mejicanos district of San Salvador Centro on 4 November 2026 and seized several bags of marijuana it said were prepared for sale, plus a mobile phone. He was to be referred for possession and holding of drugs, with no weight or court outcome reported.
