Three men arrested with 14 marijuana portions in San Miguel Centro
Police in San Miguel Centro arrested three men in two operations and seized 14 marijuana portions, cocaine, cash and phones. All three were to be referred to the courts for illicit drug trafficking.
Police in San Miguel Centro arrested three men in two drug operations.[1]Víctor Alexander Rivera Romero, 29, was detained at avenida Roosevelt Sur and 7ª
Avenida Sur.[1]Police said he had eight portions of marijuana, one portion of
cocaine, a digital scale, a notebook and two mobile phones.[1]
William Orestes Calderón Solorzano and Óscar René González Garay were arrested
in a second operation at the 3rd and 4th stage of the colonia Pacífica.[1]Police seized six portions of marijuana, six 40 mm shell casings, two digital
scales, three mobile phones, $70 and a vehicle from them.[1]
The two operations produced 14 portions of marijuana in total; the reports give
no weight for them.[1]The cocaine recovered from Rivera is counted separately
from the marijuana.[2]The National Civil Police announced the arrests on
Saturday 25 October 2025.[1]Police said the detentions had happened in the
preceding hours.[1]All three will be referred to the courts for illicit drug
trafficking.[2]
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The reports give no weight for the marijuana portions or a value for them.
The exact time of the detentions is not given; both accounts were published on Saturday 25 October 2025 and say the arrests had happened in the preceding hours.
Police did not say what the six 40 mm shell casings were connected to.
No charge filing, custody hearing or court outcome beyond referral for illicit trafficking has been reported.
Both accounts reproduce the same National Civil Police statement, so they are not independent reporting.
Police did not say whether the men were selling or transporting the drug; the reports describe only illicit trafficking.
The precise addresses in the colonia Pacífica are not given, and the reports do not describe the vehicle seized.
El Salvador's Attorney General's Office and the National Civil Police captured ten people accused of running a cocaine and marijuana dealing network in San Miguel, Morazán and La Unión in 15 searches. The searches seized $8,928.13 in cash, 18 mobile phones, seven vehicles and cocaine portions; no weight of marijuana was published.
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.
