Soldiers find 23 marijuana fields and 40 tonnes of harvested cannabis in Durango
Soldiers found 23 marijuana fields covering 60 hectares near San José de Ramos, Durango, on 23 July 2011, along with 40 metric tons of harvested cannabis, a processing lab and five camps. The defence ministry valued the planted and harvested drugs together at about US$133 million.
Soldiers on patrol found 23 marijuana fields covering 60 hectares near San José de Ramos, in the
municipality of El Oro, Durango, on 23 July 2011.[1]The fields lay in Mexico’s “golden
triangle” region, and the patrol also found 40 metric tons of harvested marijuana, a processing
lab and five camps apparently used by workers or guards.[2][1]
Valuation
The Defence Department said the planted and harvested drugs together could have amounted to 100
tons of marijuana worth 1.55 billion pesos, about US$133 million.[2]The find came almost two
weeks after soldiers uncovered a 120-hectare plantation in Baja California, described at the time
as the largest ever found in Mexico; that earlier operation is a separate event.[2]
Case data
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On 12 November 2026, federal and state authorities incinerated more than twelve tonnes of seized drugs at a Sedena military site in Tijuana, Baja California. The destruction, led by the FGR and FEMDO, included about a tonne of active cannabis, plus cocaine, methamphetamine, controlled medicines and other substances. No arrests were reported.
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.
