Five marijuana plots burned on 14,600 square metres in Tamazula de Gordiano
National Guard members and Mexican Army soldiers found five marijuana plots covering 14,600 square metres during patrols in Tamazula de Gordiano, Jalisco, and burned the plants after notifying federal prosecutors. No one was found at the sites and no arrests were reported.
National Guard members and Mexican Army soldiers on security and
crime-prevention patrols in the municipality of Tamazula de Gordiano, Jalisco,
spotted five cultivated plots of marijuana plants of different heights.[1]The
five plots together covered 14,600 square metres, about 1.46 hectares.[2]
The troops secured the area and mounted a search in the surroundings without
locating anyone responsible.[1]No arrests were reported over the plots.[1]
The troops told the federal public prosecutor’s office in Jalisco about the find
and destroyed the plants, described as possibly marijuana, by manual labour and
burning.[1]The National Guard said the operation was carried out under the
Mexican government’s National Security Strategy.[1]Reforma reported from
Guadalajara that the five cultivated plots in Tamazula de Gordiano were found by
National Guard and army personnel.[3]Nayarit Noticias republished the
National Guard’s statement, crediting the force’s press office, on 16 October
2025.[2]
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No count of plants destroyed and no weight of marijuana was published, only the combined area of 14,600 square metres.
The National Guard statement is dated 16 October 2025 and the outlets published that day; none says on which day the patrol and burning took place.
No outlet reports whether the federal prosecutor's office opened an investigation or identified any suspect.
The Nayarit Noticias account reproduces the National Guard statement word for word, so it is not independent reporting; Reforma's account adds only that the plots were found.
The statement describes the plants as possibly marijuana and reports no laboratory confirmation.
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.
On 20, 21 and 22 October 2026 the Mexican navy and the army destroyed about 122,400 marijuana plants on eight plots covering about 14,880 square metres near La Yesca, Nayarit. The statements report no arrests. A separate five-plot destruction in the same municipality on 23 and 24 October is a different event.
