SENAD clears eight hectares of cannabis at Aguerito, San Pedro
On 16 September 2025 SENAD and CODI–FTC troops destroyed eight hectares of cannabis and 950 kilograms of chopped marijuana in 63 bags at Asentamiento Aguerito, Santa Rosa del Aguaray, San Pedro, calculating 24,950 kilograms removed and a USD 3.7 million loss to traffickers; anti-drug prosecutor Jorge Encina Alder led the raid and no arrests were reported.
🇵🇾 Asentamiento Aguerito, Santa Rosa del Aguaray, San Pedro · Paraguay
On the morning of 16 September 2025 agents from Paraguay’s anti-drug secretariat SENAD, with
special forces and the CODI–FTC joint task force, raided cannabis plots in Asentamiento Aguerito,
Santa Rosa del Aguaray, San Pedro department.[1][2]
Anti-drug prosecutor Jorge Encina Alder led the operation through SENAD’s Concepción regional
office.[1][2]Teams burned two growing plots of three and five hectares and destroyed 950
kilograms of chopped marijuana packed in 63 bags.[1][2]
SENAD calculated that 24,950 kilograms of marijuana were taken out of circulation and valued the
hit to organised crime at about USD 3,742,500 using an assumed USD 150 per kilogram on the
Brazilian market.[1][2]The reports name no one arrested.[1][2]
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SENAD agents during the 16 September 2025 eradication at Aguerito.Photo details
The 24,950-kilogram total combines estimated yield from cleared fields with 950 kilograms of processed marijuana; SENAD priced the loss at USD 150 per kilo on the Brazilian market.
ABC Color's headline figure for economic harm omitted "millions" in one sentence though the body matches the USD 3.7 million estimate.
No growers were arrested in the accounts opened here.
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