Three marijuana plots on 13,000 m² destroyed in Jalisco
Guardia Nacional officers found three suspected marijuana plots covering about 13,000 square metres near Rancho Viejo in San Martín de Bolaños, Jalisco. They searched for the growers without result, reported the find to federal prosecutors and destroyed the plants by hand and incineration.
🇲🇽 Rancho Viejo, San Martín de Bolaños, Jalisco · Mexico
Guardia Nacional members on security and crime-prevention patrols in the
community of Rancho Viejo, in the municipality of San Martín de Bolaños,
Jalisco, spotted a plot holding plants of different heights with characteristics
similar to marijuana.[1]Officers secured the area and mounted a search for
the people responsible for the crop, with no positive results, but found two
more stretches of land growing plants with the same characteristics.[1]
The three plantings together covered an estimated 13,000 square metres, about
1.3 hectares, split into plots of about 1,300, 4,700 and 7,000 square metres.[1]With authorisation, the guards destroyed the plants of apparent marijuana
by manual labour and incineration.[1]
The National Guard said its members located and destroyed the three suspected
marijuana plantings as part of Mexico’s National Security Strategy.[1]The
guards reported the discovery to the Federal Public Ministry’s agency in the
state before carrying out the destruction.[1]The agency described the
operation as part of its work to curb the production and distribution of
substances affecting public health.[1]
Case data
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Jalisco state police found a marijuana plot near the El Salvador delegation in Tequila and destroyed about 83,200 cannabis plants by uprooting and burning them. The FGR opened a health-crimes investigation and kept the case open, reporting no detentions.
On 25 October 2026 Jalisco state police, with Defence and National Guard support, found two marijuana plots and a drying shed at San Martín de las Cañas in Tequila, destroyed about 98,000 plants on 22,880 square metres, and valued the crop at 102.9 million pesos.
Mexican navy personnel found and destroyed about 56,000 suspected marijuana plants on five plots covering more than 6,000 square metres in La Yesca, Nayarit, during patrols on 23 and 24 October. The navy did not report any arrests.
On 20, 21 and 22 October 2026 the Mexican navy and the army destroyed about 122,400 marijuana plants on eight plots covering about 14,880 square metres near La Yesca, Nayarit. The statements report no arrests. A separate five-plot destruction in the same municipality on 23 and 24 October is a different event.
