Three arrested with 12 large marijuana portions in San Salvador
El Salvador's National Civil Police, supported by a K9 dog handler, detained three people during a search of a San Salvador house and seized 12 large marijuana portions, a digital scale and three phones. Elmer Geovanni Ortiz Flores, Pedro Gálvez González and María Elena Ortiz Flores face unlawful trafficking proceedings with no court decision reported.
🇸🇻 San Salvador, San Salvador department · El Salvador
El Salvador’s National Civil Police detained three people during a search of a
house in San Salvador on Saturday 15 August 2026.[1]The detainees were
identified as Elmer Geovanni Ortiz Flores, Pedro Gálvez González and María Elena
Ortiz Flores.[2]A National Civil Police dog handler and its K9 agent
supported the house search.[3]
Officers seized 12 large portions of marijuana, each wrapped in black plastic.[3]The search also turned up a digital scale and three mobile phones.[4]
Security Minister Gustavo Villatoro said the seizures would let authorities dig
deeper into distribution networks in the capital and nearby areas.[1]The
three are to be prosecuted for unlawful drug trafficking.[2]Villatoro said
they could face prison terms of several decades if convicted, a possible
sentence rather than one imposed.[3]Villatoro said El Salvador has no room
for criminals or drug sellers and that all would be put where they belong,
behind bars.[3]Officials said a formal accusation for unlawful drug
trafficking would be presented against the detainees.[1]
Photos and video
Photograph shared by Security Minister Gustavo Villatoro showing the three detainees and the marijuana seized in the San Salvador house raid. Photo: Gustavo Villatoro via Diario El MundoPhoto details
No weight for the 12 large portions of marijuana was published, so no cannabis kilograms can be recorded.
The accounts say the raid happened on a Saturday, which fell on 15 August 2026, but give no street or neighbourhood, so the place is recorded as San Salvador with centre coordinates.
Only a possible sentence of several decades was mentioned; no charge filing, custody ruling or court outcome was reported.
All accounts repeat the Security Ministry and minister's version; the ministry's own news page for this case could not be opened.
Several outlets republish the minister's photographs of the same operation; the listed media may include two views and duplicates are left to the service to merge.
A separate mass arrest under Operation Barrido reported on 14 August 2026 is a different event 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.
