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There Secretary of the Navy (Semar) reported having successfully located and dismantled four large clandestine methamphetamine labs in the state of Sinaloa.
In a statement, the Mexican Navy explained that Navy personnel located the clandestine laboratories during a tour of the cities of He did not see there lover.
On these sites were various chemical precursors of substances and equipment to produce the synthetic drug: “15 reactors, 32 condensers, 20 burners, approximately 3,000 (three thousand) liters of acetone, 7,800 (seven thousand eight hundred) liters to use substances, 2,600 (two thousand six hundred) kilograms of other chemicals and 400 (four hundred) liters of phenylacetic acid”.
The agency explained that it also found “about 1.04 (one point four) tons of glass in the drying process and 9.7 tons of precursor chemical mass in the firing process, as well as due to the method of production, the amount of precursor found, and adding the glass in the drying process, they would produce approximately 7.04 tons of methamphetamine, commonly known as ‘crystal'”.
According to Mexican Navyafter locating these clandestine centers occupied by organized crime, which presumably belong to the Sinaloa Cartelthe laboratories were dismantled with the material found.
On March 7, Semar presented a report at the President’s morning conference Andres Manuel Lopez Obradorindicating that From February 21 to March 6, 13 clandestine laboratories were dismantled, 7,600 kilograms of methamphetamine seized, 23,700 liters there 8,300 kilograms of chemical precursors.
In the meantime, and in coordination with the Sinaloa State Attorney Generalwere and decommissioned three laboratories used for the manufacture of synthetic drugs, guaranteeing the necessary materials and equipment for their preparation1,600 liters of chemical precursors, 800 kilograms of cyanide and paste in the cooking process, which would produce approximately seven tons of methamphetamine.
Furthermore, Semar detailed that 13 poppy plantations were eradicated with a total of around two point eight million plants. Likewise, 16 marijuana plantations were eradicated, with approximately 290,000 plants.
The gestures of Armed forces Mexican authorities for the dismantling of these clandestine laboratories began to escalate after the authorities of the UNITED STATES request to “do more” Government of Mexico to combat fentanyl and methamphetamine trafficking.
In recent days, the same US agencies have sanctioned various companies linked to the Sinaloa Cartel you all Jalisco New Generation Cartel.
According to Secretary of National Defense it has been detected that criminal groups have upgraded their labs to create the synthetic drug.
On February 15, during the morning conference of the President Lopez ObradorA above the lab confiscated by the Armed forcesthe same as This meant a loss for the drug traffickers of 1.5 billion pesos.
In the laboratory, 128.03 kg of granulated fentanyl were found, i.e. 128 million doses. In addition to 68,576 kg of pills of this same drug; 275 kg of mannitol in six drums, 225 kg of caustic soda in 9 bags, a mixer for commercial use and a tableting machine to make tablets of these designer drugs.
Unlike clandestine laboratories, those revealed by Government of Mexico show great progress in the development of this synthetic opioid which, according to the US National Institute on Drug Abuseis the drug commonly associated with overdose deaths of US citizens, which is why it has been declared a pandemic.
“It’s not the so-called kitchen anymore,” said López Obrador pointing to the recording where a perfectly air-conditioned room was seen where there were work tables to prepare the fentanyl and the methamphetamine.