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Authorities found 135 packages wrapped in tape and plastic containing the drug
Federal Police agents found 100 duct-tape wrapped packages containing the drug inside a Volvo truck
Authorities seized an arsenal, tactical equipment and a vehicle belonging to an organized crime group in the municipality of Parácuaro.
1,300 pounds of cocaine were seized at the Mexico City international airport in June, it was found distributed among eight suitcases on a plane originating in Venezuela.
U.S. authorities on Wednesday seized a cross-border tunnel that ran the length of four football fields from a restaurant in Mexicali, Mexico, to a newly built house in Calexico, California.
CBP officers discovered 12 packages of suspected narcotics worth US$256,000 in a BMW SUV that arrived from Mexico.
The CBP agents discovered the drugs within six boxes identified as aircraft parts in a tractor-trailer driven by a Mexican man.
The Attorney General's Office (PGR) explained that agents were conducting a routine traffic stop when they found the drug hidden inside a vehicle's air conditioning compressor.
The labs were found in the municipalities of Tecalitlán and Tuxpan.