Over 12 tonnes of drugs, incl. cannabis, incinerated in Tijuana
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.
🇲🇽 Segunda Zona Militar, Tijuana, Baja California · Mexico
Cannabis
991.284645 kg
Agencies
🇲🇽FGR, Fiscalía Especializada en Materia de Delincuencia Organizada (FEMDO)
On 12 November 2026, authorities of the three levels of government held a
destruction and incineration of seizednarcotics and controlled substances in
Tijuana, including marijuana, cocaine, methamphetamine and controlled medicines.[1]
Among the destroyed quantities were 991 kilograms, 284 grams and 645 milligrams
of active cannabis.[1]Also incinerated were 560 kilograms, 417 grams and 600
milligrams of cocaine hydrochloride, 7 kilograms and 711 grams of
diacetylmorphine hydrochloride, and 2 kilograms, 3 grams and 400 milligrams of
cocaine.[1]In cannabis-derived products, the destruction included 61 grams
and 300 milligrams of CBD (cannabidiol), as well as 30 litres of the same
substance.[1]
The ceremony was held at the Second Military Zone of the National Defence
Secretariat (Sedena) on the morning of Thursday 12 November, and more than
twelve tonnes of drugs were incinerated in total, of which 4.7 tonnes came from
the FGR delegation and 8.4 tonnes from the FEMDO.[2]The FGR delegation’s list
of destroyed substances also included 4 kilograms, 874 grams and 100 milligrams
of marijuana and 9 kilograms, 376 grams and 600 milligrams of cannabis sativa
seeds.[2]
Photos and video
Photo of the drug incineration at the Sedena military installation in Tijuana, published with ZETA's report on the destruction ceremony. Photo: Ernesto Eslava, Semanario ZETAPhoto details
The report's 991-kg cannabis figure is the FGR delegation's 'cannabis activa'; ZETA's account lists additional cannabis forms (marihuana 4.874 kg, cannabis sativa seeds 9.377 kg, delta-9 THC 10.960 kg, THC y CBD 5.097 kg) that belong to the combined FGR/FEMDO ceremony, which this report does not total into one figure.
The submitted N+ source frames the event as 'more than two tonnes' while ZETA and other accounts frame it as 'more than twelve tonnes' for the full FGR + FEMDO ceremony; the discrepancy reflects differing scopes (FGR delegation vs. combined total).
No arrests or detention are tied to this destruction ceremony; the drugs were the accumulated result of earlier operations, and no court outcome is reported.
Only the publication date (12 November 2026) is confirmed as the incident date; the exact start time of the burn (around 11:20, per ZETA) is an estimate.
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.
