About 83,200 marijuana plants destroyed in Tequila
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.
🇲🇽 Delegación El Salvador, Tequila, Jalisco · Mexico
Jalisco regional police officers found the cannabis plot while on ground
reconnaissance patrols near the El Salvador delegation of Tequila municipality.[1]The plot held approximately 83,200 marijuana plants described as cannabis
sativa.[2]After confirming the crop, officers destroyed it on the site by
uprooting the plants and burning them.[3]Police collected representative
samples of the plants and handed them to the federal prosecutor as evidence.[4]
The Federal Attorney General’s Office (FGR) opened an investigation file for
crimes against health over the find.[2]The regional police notified the FGR’s
regional-control prosecution unit (FECOR), which is handling the case follow-up.[1]Authorities reported no detentions during the operation and named no
suspects.[4]
The find was reported at Tequila, Jalisco on 6 November 2026.[2]The federal
investigation continued in order to clarify the circumstances of the planting
and to identify those responsible.[1]The detailed account cites FGR official
release DPE/5056/2026 as the source of the circumstances.[1]
The regional-control prosecution unit of the federal Attorney General’s Office will continue the investigation to determine where the crop came from and to identify possible responsible people.[5]
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FGR personnel destroying the cannabis field by uprooting and burning the plants. Photo: courtesy via MURAL.Photo details
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.
On 21 October 2026 state police in Chihuahua found three cannabis fields covering 6.05 hectares in the municipality of Guerrero, about 242,000 plants they estimated at 242 tonnes, plus two drying lines. The fields were destroyed. No arrests were reported.
