Sedena has located and destroyed 3 illegal mega poppy plantations found in Sinaloa

The Secretary of National Defense (Sedena), located 3 poppy fields In the state of Sinaloait was through an official statement that the agency announced that on March 9 of this year, the discovery of the said culture had been made.

Stemming from the work of operational planning and intelligence, the Secretariat has intensified activities within the framework of the Intensive Eradication Program 2023 in this entity, since one of its main objectives is to detect Criminal organizations dedicated to planting and growing annoying.

Therefore, they obtained information that in the vicinity of the city of Santa Ana, municipality of Sinaloa de Leyva, Sinaloa, there were three illicit crops.

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The elements arrived at the area previously indicated and confirmed the information available, a total of 3 very large poppy plantations were located. The first of 12 thousand 345 m2, the second of 10 thousand m2 and the third of 13 thousand m2, with a total area of ​​3 thousand five hundred and forty-five hectares.

A security perimeter was established in order to protect the place and to carry out the destruction by the method of work and incineration with the support of the personnel of the National Guard and the State Police.

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During the month of February, the Sedena destroyed one of the largest plantations owned by the Sinaloa Cartel so far this year. It was the same in the state of Sinaloa, and it was a field where about a million plants of the said flower, with which hundreds of kilograms of opium gumwho can become heroin.

According to information provided by the institution headed by Luis Cresencio Sandoval, the plantation detected covered an area of 6.5 hectareswhich would equate to more than 60,000 square meters, one of the largest finds even compared to those found in 2022.

The lands were discovered through intelligence work, it was learned that in the towns of Zapotillo and Tierritas Blancas – located in the municipality of Boycrime cells operated by Sinaloa that were dedicated to the seeding and cultivation of narcotics, which were then processed to produce a variety of drugs.

Based on official figures, poppy crops in Mexico increased by 12% during the period 2019-2020, but the downward trend of recent years continues, reported in December 2022 the Mexican government and l United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (Unodc) in Mexico.

In the last month of 2022, the Mexican United Nations Drug Office met with senior officials from Mexican Armed Forces to address the issue of fight against drug trafficking and assess the progress made in this regard for the country.

In this sense, it was revealed that Angel Mora Chávez identified as the Secretary of the Navy’s Chief of Intelligence (Semar) have proposed implementation supports for peasants planting marijuana and poppy fields in order to guide the development of their agricultural activities within the framework of the law.

Poppy cultivation is one of the problems that most concern Mexico, since it positions itself as the third largest opium producer in the world after Afghanistan and Myanmar. More than half of “Mexican” opium is grown in Guerrero, second poorest state of the Mexican Republic. This problem is the main reason why many inhabitants of indigenous communities fall into poppy networks.