Three arrested with marijuana in San Miguel house raid
Police arrested three people aged 19 to 23 in a house in Residencial Terranova, San Miguel, seizing marijuana and items linked to its distribution. One of those held, 19-year-old Lindsay Michelle Aguilar Fuentes, had been reported missing on social media.
🇸🇻 Residencial Terranova, San Miguel · El Salvador
El Salvador’s National Civil Police (PNC) captured three people on Saturday in
the Terranova residential area in San Miguel, including a young woman who had
been reported missing through social media.[1]The detainees were fully
identified as José Luis Méndez Argueta, 21, Dixma Alexander Amador Torres, 23,
and Lindsay Michelle Aguilar Fuentes, 19.[2]Aguilar Fuentes had been reported
missing through social media before officers found her during the police
procedure.[2]A local report cited by the police said she was last seen on
Thursday 20 August in Caserío El Castaño in San Pedro, Chirilagua, southeast of
San Miguel.[1]
Officers carried out the procedure inside a house where they found marijuana and
objects linked to its distribution.[1]During the operation the authorities
seized several portions of marijuana, an electronic scale, a motorcycle and
cash.[1]In the house search the teams also seized six mobile telephones, a
drug grinder and a pipe alongside the marijuana, scale, motorcycle and cash.[2]
Police said the three captured people will be referred for the crime of
possession and tenure of drugs.[1]The PNC said the detainees will be
presented to the justice system and placed at the disposal of the Attorney
General’s Office.[1]In its official channels the PNC warned young people
against joining drug dealing, writing that anyone who becomes involved in
unlawful acts will go to jail.[1]
Photos and video
PNC photo of the arrest for possession and tenure of drugs in the Terranova house in San Miguel. Photo: Policía Nacional Civil via InfobaePhoto details
No marijuana weight was published, only several portions, so no kilograms can be recorded.
The sources report the operation as occurring on Saturday and were published 22 August 2026, which is used as the incident date; no separate raid time was given.
No individual roles, charges beyond possession and tenure, or court outcome were reported; the case was still under investigation.
Both accounts repeat the PNC version; no statement from the detainees or families was published.
Other images on the Infobae page show unrelated stories and are omitted; only the PNC arrest photo for this event is listed.
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.
