1,143 kg of marijuana seized in Zona Sur October sweep
State investigators seized 1,143 kilograms of marijuana in Chihuahua's southern zone during October 2026, including 983 kg in Santa Rosa and 160 kg in Baborigame. The monthly balance also reports 68 detentions for various offences, 33 secured vehicles, firearms and small cocaine and crystal seizures.
The Agencia Estatal de Investigación seized more than a tonne of marijuana in
the southern zone of Chihuahua during October 2026, mainly in Parral and
Guadalupe y Calvo.[1]Agents seized 983 kilograms of marijuana on 11 October
in Santa Rosa, municipality of Hidalgo del Parral.[2]Agents seized another
160 kilograms of marijuana on 20 October in Baborigame, municipality of
Guadalupe y Calvo.[2]Together the two operations took 1,143 kilograms of
marijuana out of circulation, not counting smaller amounts seized in the same
period.[1]
The agency reported 45 arrest warrants executed and 23 flagrancia detentions for
various offences, for a total of 68 detained-person interventions.[1]The
agency said it carried out 198 operations in southern-zone municipalities and
five searches to obtain evidence for investigation files.[1]Agents recovered
12 vehicles with theft reports and secured 21 more units for document
irregularities or possible links to criminal acts.[1]Officers seized four
firearms, two long guns and two short guns, and 61 cartridges of various
calibres.[1]
The seizures also included 4.1 grams of cocaine and 4.48 grams of cristal,
besides various marijuana portions.[1]The prosecutor reported six people with
prior reports were located, without giving details of the circumstances.[1]The results correspond to activities during October 2026 and form part of the
monthly balance presented by the Agencia Estatal de Investigación in the
southern zone.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The incident covers the whole month of October 2026; 31 October 2026 is used as the incident date while 5 November 2026 is the publication date of both sources.
The 68 detained interventions cover various offences with no cannabis-specific arrest count published.
No charges, prosecutions or sentences were reported.
Only the 1,143 kg marijuana total is counted; 4.1 g of cocaine and 4.48 g of cristal are excluded and additional smaller marijuana portions were reported without weights.
The 12 recovered and 21 secured vehicles, four firearms, 61 cartridges, five searches and 198 operations are reported without a cannabis-specific breakdown.
The six located people were reported without details and are not counted as arrests.
Both opened accounts repeat the Fiscalia de Distrito Zona Sur monthly balance; no separate agency bulletin was opened.
Chihuahua state prosecutors seized 49 grams of marijuana and military-style clothing in a court-ordered search of a house in the Reforma neighbourhood of Cuauhtémoc. No arrests were reported, and the evidence was turned over to the retail-drug unit.
Capital Guardia Municipal officers seized about 47.3 grams of marijuana abandoned in a bag in the Juan Ruiz de Alarcón park in colonia Virreyes, San Luis Potosí. The man seen allegedly consuming the drug fled and was not detained; the packaged herb was sent to the State Attorney General's Office for investigation.
Guanajuato state police say K9 dog Momo flagged 12 parcels in a Salamanca messaging firm holding 111 vapes, 42 apparently with marijuana, plus parts for two long guns. The seized items were placed at the disposal of the corresponding authorities; no detainees were reported.
Municipal, state and army officers seized 31 parcels of suspected marijuana and 23 wrappers of a substance like crystal in San Juan de Abajo, Bahía de Banderas, plus an abandoned Honda XR motorcycle. No one was arrested after the rider reportedly fled, and prosecutors were left to identify him.
